Scientists have revealed a possible explanation for why we are largely unable to remember anything clear from our very earliest years.The study was done using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and found that one area of the brain, the hippocampus, was focussed on noticing patterns so that the infant could understand more about their surroundings.This is crucial to predicting an environment, which is a foundation for surviving, and happens even though the brain is not capable of storing specific details at this stage.Nick Turk-Browne, a professor of psychology at Yale, a senior author on the paper, said: “A fundamental mystery about human nature is that we remember almost nothing from birth through early childhood, yet we learn so much.
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