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“Infantile amnesia” occurs despite babies showing memory activity (arstechnica.com)
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Interesting look into why we can't remember most things before about 4, but that the memories can in theory be triggered.

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[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

This makes way more sense than active suppression. If you don't have an understanding of the context, then you can't compress the memory. Every sound/sensation/image is unique and had to be remembered as a unique experience.

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