#Infant-Memory

In an intriguing discovery, a recent study published in the prestigious journal Science has shed new light on the cognitive abilities of infants, showing that babies as young as 12 months are actively forming memories. This breakthrough finding revolutionizes our understanding of early childhood development and challenges the longstanding notion that infantile amnesia—our inability to recall memories from our tenderest years—is due to a lack of memory formation capability at that age.

A new study published in Science suggests babies as young as 12 months are actively forming memories. This challenges the idea of infantile amnesia—the belief that early memories fade quickly. The findings indicate memory formation starts earlier and may be stronger than previously believed, with important implications for Thai parents and educators shaping learning from birth.

Researchers from a leading university explored how the hippocampus, a brain region crucial for memory encoding, functions in infants. Using child-friendly functional magnetic resonance imaging, the team observed hippocampal activity in infants who displayed stronger memory signals through non-verbal cues like longer gaze at familiar objects. The results show memory processes are active much earlier in life than once assumed.