How Does Babies’ Memory Work?

The baby is born with a cognitive structure that allows him to receive stimuli and store them in memory. Neurons, which are in charge of storing much of the learning, develop in the third trimester of pregnancy. Over time and space, memory helps to create habits by relating it to others, which is a very quick learning process.

The main element that helps to improve the process involving memorization is the senses. These are an input channel for the child’s stimuli. In the beginning it is quite direct, for example, the smell of the mother and the

breast milk

.

Further on, connections are developed that allow the baby to recognize voices and faces. You can also perceive through touch, which allows for a later recognition of what you have touched.

All this reminds, however, memory is unconscious. However, they can understand the routine, such as knowing when to sleep or eat, when to

night

or by day.

Baby’s memory at each step

● At 3 months identifies

toys

● At 6 months of age, he becomes properly acquainted with close people, mother, father, grandparents, siblings. They know what the daily routine is like with each of the things that are done around them. They know they will go out when, for example, they put him in the car, if they take his clothes off, they know they will bathe him.

● When you are 9 months old you can know where you leave your toys in the house and can pick them up without any problem.

● At one year, memory develops slowly, the information it receives causes sensations. They begin to have more effective language or sounds to point out and show what they want. You can do onomatopoeia relating to the sounds you know.

● At the age of 2, language develops, remembering names, familiar faces, objects, shapes, colors; they remember stories they’ve been told over and over again. Most importantly, they express their basic feelings very well by relating them to situations. Begin to develop a long-term memory.

● By age 3, the child’s memory is conscious and developed into adulthood.

the memory in the baby

Children under 5 years of age are able to memorize routines, memory is linked to the acquisition of knowledge, filing them incessantly. However, recall is more effective as some strategies are used to retain information.

Repetition is normally the main memorization technique in a baby. They will soon understand and implement the organization of the information they receive, while at the same time being able to categorize it. That’s why we must improve their understanding, adapting the message we want to convey to them.

Every child is very different, especially their memory is particular since everyone does not have the same ability or memorize in the same way. Each

learning

may improve depending on the highest sense in each case.

What is childhood amnesia?

This is known as the inability that one has in adulthood to remember childhood episodes. It is especially difficult to remember events that occur between 3 and 4 years of age. That’s why very few adults remember personal events that took place before the age of 3 years.

It is understood that this incapacity occurs because in the first years there is not the necessary orientation to store the experiences and, thus, process them. Some investigations deduce that during this stage the brain occupies all its capacities in creating neurons. For this reason, he does not remember facts experienced in the first stage of life. Neurons strengthen the child’s abilities after 4 years of

age

.

If memory is important, forgetting is also

Many people try to look for moments lived in childhood that they no longer remember. It is believed that one can even dream some things that remain in the subconscious. However, forgetting is also necessary. Forgetting is an adaptive mechanism and is vital for each person’s growth. Because through this process, that information that is not necessary to keep in mind is suppressed.

What happens with babies is that while the levels of neurogenesis are high, the task of forgetting is added. Memories last less, giving space to the development of a

memory

much stronger.