👶 Infants Can Form Memories

A new study found that babies as young as 12 months form memories using their hippocampus, which scientists thought wasn't possible so early.

This research challenges ideas about why we forget being babies ("infantile amnesia"). Early memories might become hard to access later on, not that babies couldn't make them initially. This opens new ways to understand early brain development and memory formation.

It could also lead to new ideas for early childhood education and development.

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