Why can't we remember when we were young? I mean we had a brain then, but we can't remember. It's like a quarter of my life I can't remember. It's just wierd. why is this?
2006-07-25 18:54:54 · 15 answers · asked by dvau11484 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Oh, a good and an innocent child like question !
Please try to remember the question, and if possible the answer that really suits !
When at school, we take lot of efforts to commit something to memory, especially when it makes no sense to us ! We try all those things that comes handy, like co-relating some 'known' funny word, joke, uttering which is easier to remember. This is the process of mind handling memory bank 'foreseeing' something likely to be needed at a future date.
As a child, no such compulsions, the brain is busy to take EVERYTHING that comes its way, and spends no time to analyse, assimilate, co-relate, store-for-retrieval, or anything of that sort. Unrelated items are also stored, but not "available" for recall ! It is just like in a hard disk, the 'link' to the file was not created (or even obliterated) and therefore the file or data 'appears' to be deleted/lost. Only , unlike hard disks, we have unlimited GB storage space, hence, no chance of being over-written !
More or less like a hard disk ! See, another strange phenomenon, man creates some of the best things as a prototype of himself (computer, robots, artificial intelligence, why, even God's image !).
2006-07-25 19:07:11 · answer #1 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because babies have not developed the mental cognitive ability to remember long term memories. This starts to develop at around age 3 or a little before. This is why after about age three long term memories start becoming more clear and defined. However, babies have started to develop short term memories much sooner and this is why they show in their face that they know who you are, like when they see their mother or father and know a sense of comfort when around someone they remember.
2006-07-25 19:09:49 · answer #2 · answered by Shellback 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just how young are you talking about? I remember as far back as 3. We can't remember infancy because although we "had brains then," they were developing and learning about the world we live in.
2006-07-25 18:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by ♪ ♥ ♪ ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there are several reasons we remember somethings better than others. We seem to remember the good and forget the unpleasant. Sometimes our lives just do not have many different experiences to reflect on.
2006-07-25 19:05:06 · answer #4 · answered by Gee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be our brain will not be developed enough to remember all the things...we just remember only small hints here and there..its a blur image...
2006-07-25 18:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by Deep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The brain that is destined to go the farthest spends the most time in development.
2006-07-25 19:01:19 · answer #6 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause when your young like a baby your brain is learning everything,so technicly you do remeber its just there not as memories tere every day actions,like eating, laughing, picking your nose,etc
2006-07-25 18:59:13 · answer #7 · answered by chris e 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can you memorize all the laws of thermodynamics and then suddenly remeber them one year later after having not seen them - considering u never have to use them again after u studied it for a test?
2006-07-25 20:07:12 · answer #8 · answered by summalover1245 s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually by that time remebering software on our brain is not installed. by age of 3 it is installed completly.
so after dat we can remeber things.
2006-07-25 20:03:53 · answer #9 · answered by Fishi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, how the hell old are you? that you can't remember are you like 200 years old.
2006-07-25 18:57:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋