Your first memory is just fiction

According to research from Lon Don City University, the earliest memories of people come from the age of 3, contrary to popular belief that the human brain can create memories earlier.

A new report, published by a research facility in the Clerkenwell area of ​​London, found that any memory from age 2 and a half is likely to be "fiction."

This is true even with four out of ten people (40%) claiming to have clear memories from the early years.

But according to Pastest, which provides medical research review materials, memories are much more complicated than the way people understand them.

The memories are much more complicated than the way people understand them.

They say that memories are not stored in the brain like books in a library, but like a jigsaw puzzle, in which different parts of the brain put together to form a whole body.

Dr. Shazia Akhtar, the first author on the new research paper, described the original fictional memories in our lives as a 'mental symbol like a memory of intelligence'.

He added that these memories include: 'memory pieces of initial experiences and some facts or information about their own childhood'.

Simply put, information about your early years from things like photos, conversations or things around you as you grow up becomes the center of your original 'memories' .

These memories are put together by appropriate guesswork about age.

The co-author reports, Professor Martin Conway asserts that people cannot know that their earliest memories are fictitious because of the complex nature of the brain.

He said: 'Over time, these pieces gradually become a memory and that person will often start adding other things like a series of toys until complete. Importantly, people who remember these memories do not know it is fiction. In fact, when people are told that their memories are false, they often don't believe it. This is partly due to the fact that systems allow us to remember things very complicated. It is not until we are about five or six years that we form memories like adults developed by the brain and by our mature awareness of the world '.

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