When do human beings start having memories?

Question

Is there an exact date for it? Any relevant details will do. Thanks.

Answer 1

I seem to recall this discussion on TV recently. They said memories start after the age of 3.

Answer 2

I have memories of being 2 years old. I don't know a chronology on them, but I have very specific memories of our first computer (the apple IIc) and my grandmothers garden, and my bedroom in our house, getting my temperature taken when I was sick, waiting with my mom at the school bus stop for it to pick up my sister, riding my tricycle, and playing with the cats outside my grandmothers barn. My memories don't really take on a chronology until I was about 5. I have come to know a chronology from talking with family.

Answer 3

What kind of memories? Until we are about four years old, we don't make sense of the world in terms of events. We are focusing on colors, shapes, what happens to things when we let go of them and they drop, etc. And we are listening to sounds and language, and trying to imitate what we hear our parents say. We are also learning how to move and control our bodies, and walk, use the "potty", and so forth.

We remember all of these things, all of our lives, but they are not "events". Our first "conscious memory" of some event that makes sense, is usually at about 4 years of age, and it is usally the result of something unusual or startling happening.

Answer 4

I'm not sure about the date thing, but your long term memory starts at 4.

Answer 5

Nobody knows for sure. In retro-hypnosis and during other certain exercises, people often recall memories from inside the womb.

Answer 6

It's probably different for lots of people. My first memory was my first day of preschool when I was 2.

Answer 7

The exact moment they become deluded. Memories do not exist, they are figments of our imagination.

Answer 8

actually it has been proven that whilst a baby is in a tummy, a baby can remember a song if you've played it frequently and it can become a soother / comforter when the baby is born and needs to be comforted.

you can get this info from pregnancy books.. i read it somewhere before..

Answer 9

I clearly remember incidents from when I was age 4. For example, I read a billboard to my mother and she discovered I could read, and one night when I was sick in bed and had to wake my mother.