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Old 23-02-2012, 19:42   #15
MargaretR
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Re: Earliest childhood memory

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
I've got friends who say they don't remember before they went to school, at four or five.

I think that's totally weird, and almost unbelievable.
That wiki link in my 1st post could explain that -

"However, adults who had traumatic and abusive early childhoods report an offset of childhood amnesia around 5-7 years old. It has been suggested that this is because stressful experiences can injure memory centers and possibly make it harder to form memories."
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