Science Ask Us Anything Why don't we remember being babies? Yet we never forget how to ride a bike. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Are our childhood memories lost or locked? Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Was it a birthday party? Even though little kids remember plenty, most of us lose access to key memories as we get older. It's something scientists call childhood amnesia. We explore just that in a recent episode of the Ask Us Anything podcast, delving into the science behind why our brains forget our earliest memories. 's Ask Us Anything podcast (as well as our written series of the same name) answers your most outlandish, mind-burning questions--from the everyday things you've always wondered to the bizarre things you never thought to ask.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. My earliest memories are more like nostalgic flickers. The candle I burned my finger on. The plastic toy set that occupied my playtime. These disparate and vague recollections are all most of us can remember of our first years of life.

What's the earliest memory you can recall? While many people's recollections of the past may stretch back into childhood, research shows that the trip down memory lane generally hits a wall once you reach infancy. In some ways, this doesn't make much sense--after all, the first years of a baby's life are when they learn foundational psychological concepts, form relationships with caregivers, and gain a sense of self. Experts have long attributed this "infant amnesia" to the development timeline of the hippocampus, the region of the brain responsible for retaining memories. But according to new evidence from a team at Yale University, the explanation for early our memory blocks may be a bit more complicated.

Our earliest childhood memories start from the age of two - far earlier than previously thought. Scientists have found the area of the brain responsible for memories can be triggered before toddlers even learn to speak. Researchers had previously thought our earliest memory formed at around the age of three-and-a-half. The breakthrough may lead to earlier diagnosis of developmental brain disorders such as dyslexia and autism. Our earliest childhood memories start from the age of two, according to new research.

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