New Study Reveals Babies Form Memories Earlier Than Thought

Scientists have discovered that babies can form memories much earlier than we thought.

Using brain scans, they looked at the brains of babies from four months old up to two years.

The brain region for memory, called the hippocampus, is active when babies make memories.

The older babies also showed activity in a part of the brain that helps recognize things they've seen before.

Even though babies make these memories, they can't always remember them later.

This research helps us understand how our brains work and why we can't remember things from our earliest years.

Learning about infant memory could also help with understanding language, learning difficulties, and memory loss later in life.