A new study published in Science this week challenges assumptions about infant memory, showing that young minds do indeed ...

MRI scans show that the brains of infants and toddlers can encode memories, even if we don’t remember them as adults ...

Mice are one of the species that we know experience infantile amnesia. And, thanks to over a century of research on mice, we have some sophisticated genetic tools that allow us to explore what's ...

New research challenges the idea that infants cannot form memories, showing that babies as young as 12 months old can encode ...

Why don’t we remember specific events during those crucial first few years, when our brains worked overtime to learn so much?

Our earliest years are a time of rapid learning, yet we typically cannot recall specific experiences from that period—a ...

Have you ever wondered why you can’t remember being a baby? Your first words? What about your first steps? Don’t worry, ...

Why don't we remember our early years? For a long time, it was believed that infants lacked the ability to remember. Recent ...

Scientists have long thought that babies can’t form experiential memories. Turns out, they can. Adults just can’t remember ...

Although measles is seen as a contagious viral disease that passes quickly, it can also cause damage that leaves long-term ...