• JaymesRS@literature.cafe
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    11 months ago

    You don’t really start to retain memories until after 5 as your brain basically rewires itself at that point. So if you “remember” it (from its debut), you’re probably closer to 40.

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      11 months ago

      I likley just rented the vhs from blockbuster because it had dinosaurs on it

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      You don’t really start to retain memories until after 5 as your brain basically rewires itself after that.

      I call bullsh*t on that. I have many memories from before age 5, and one from as young as 14 months. I may be a statistical outlier with that last bit, but I can’t believe that our brains don’t save any memories from before we were 5.

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        Some research does actually support your position that we do actually retain memories from our youth, but more so we forget them as we get older. Studies have shown that children remember their childhood, and can recall memories from very young. But we seem to forget them as we do into adulthood. It’s not that children are incapable of remembering

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          Not if you have heavy PTSD! It’s like having a superpower that for some reason makes it difficult to buy bread sometimes.

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          11 months ago

          Your links actually show mixed opinions on Childhood Amnesia. The second paragraph in the Wikipedia article says children are capable of retaining memories before the age of two, which refutes your claim that we can’t retain them until after 5 years old.

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            You might want to reread that (or check the actual linked research), it doesn’t say “retain” it says “remember”. It’s referring to recall specifically in children to establish when those memories start to fade or become inaccurate. The studies linked were regarding interviews with those who were still children. For example, the Cleveland & Reese study was interviewing 5½ year olds. The Tustin et al paper provides a better timeline comparison at various age stages.

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      I can confirm this. Am 41 and I remember it quite clearly.

      It might not have been released at exactly the same date in my country as the US release. But it should be close enough.