For whatever reason, I've lately been getting very interested in science, especially physics (it might have something to do with this textbook I picked up at a free book giveaway they had at the college last week; one of the best textbooks I've ever read).
This article on Yahoo covers something scientific that has always befuddled me; why we typically can't remember events from our early childhood very well. It always amazes me how little I remember clearly from when I was about 12 and younger. Even 13-15 is a little hazy for me, but certainly much much clearer. This idea of synaptic pruning makes a lot of sense.
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This does not match my understanding of memory at all. Do you feel like you forget what it was like to be 2 when you were 12, or when you were 6? I'd choose 6, and certainly not my teenage years.
ReplyDeleteI have virtually no memories of my life from age 1-12 except for major, life-changing events and family members. But even some of those are gone from my memory, like when I fell at a birthday party or my grandmother whom I apparently never wanted to be apart from when I was younger. I don't even remember losing my baby memories when I was younger, like you seem to, Wally.
ReplyDeleteBut from my teenage years on, I can remember many things, some major, many completely trivial, extremely well. I can also vividly remember my emotional state during my teenage years and on, and can't remember anything like that from my younger years.
So for me at least, this article makes sense. But to each their own, right? :)