Researchers from Yale studied the memory formation in infants aged four months to two years. They discovered that the ...

For years, scientists believed that our first memories vanished because the brain wasn’t developed enough to store them. But ...

“The hallmark of [episodic memories] is that you can describe them to others, but that’s off the table when you’re dealing ...

Have you ever been convinced that you remember being a baby? A moment in a crib, or the taste of a first birthday cake?

Have you ever wondered why you can’t remember being a baby? Your first words? What about your first steps? Don’t worry, ...

Why don’t we remember specific events during those crucial first few years, when our brains worked overtime to learn so much?

Scientists have long thought that babies can’t form experiential memories. Turns out, they can. Adults just can’t remember ...

Why grown humans have a years-long blind spot in their episodic memory for the period of infancy remains a puzzle. One theory ...

Yale study shows infants' brains can form memories earlier than thought, challenging long-held beliefs about infantile ...

Though we learn so much during our first years of life, we can't, as adults, remember specific events from that time.

Newborns are more likely to experience a type of memory called “statistical learning,” which is focused on extracting ...

New research is challenging longstanding beliefs about why we don't retain the memories we form in early life.