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What is a person's memory from birth to before the age of 3?
Many people feel that they have no memories to store before the age of 3, so if human memories exist, what will people remember?
Scientists have proved through a variety of experiments that the human brain does selectively "fake" at a certain period in order to complete important developmental tasks, and this point in time is the memory before the age of 3.
Human understanding of brain memory.
Human understanding of the brain's memory processes can be broadly divided into three stages.
The first stage is the memory storage stage of the brain, when the brain will record our memories and keep them in the brain for a long time through the transmission of neurons.
The second stage is the solidification stage of human memory, at this time, the memory information in the brain will be converted into knowledge, experience and other abilities to store, and in the process of people's use or subsequent learning, the memory information will be continuously strengthened to make it more solid.
The third stage is the recall stage of memory, where people use the information in the brain memory to carry out real-life operations, so as to complete or expand new work.
Among the above three stages, the brain is the most important in the memory storage process, and when the human brain completely loses memory function in even a very short period of time, it is a very big threat to their development and survival.
Therefore, the brain has a great advantage in being able to record our memories and store them.
However, in recent years, scientists have conducted further in-depth research on the principles of brain memory, and have put forward a different view on memory storage and recall.
The brain can selectively store our memory information, and when the stored memory information is recalled, it can also be completely controlled.
Through a series of data verification, scientists have proved that there is a selectivity in the storage, solidification, and recall of human memory, and this selectivity is not only reflected in our choice of memory-friendly experiences, but even at a specific growth point in time, our brain will selectively delete its own "memory fragments".
The human brain's "falsification" of memory.
When most people recall their memories when they were young, they will find that their memories before the age of 3 are very vague, and I am afraid that not many people can completely record their life experiences before the age of 3.
People think that in fact, it is not that they have no memory before the age of 3, but that their memory is missing, so how much will their memory before the age of 3 end?
And what are the reasons behind these memory lapses?
For their memory storage before the age of 3, people find that the common phenomenon is that their memories are very vague except for some fragments that may be saved, some major events, or some details of life.
People have long thought that this phenomenon is true, but behind this incident, what data can be proven?
While the brain completes the growth and development of human beings, it also completes an important job, which is to "fake" memory.
In 2008, Elaine Reese, a scholar from United States, conducted research on the principle of memory storage and put forward her own views.
Reese pointed out that the brain learns and understands human language when it mainly does work before the age of 3, and this work is of great significance to the development of the brain and humans, so the brain will "pretend" the fragments of human memories before the age of 3.
Reese believes that we will remember a lot of important things, but some unimportant details will be forgotten by the brain, which is a manifestation of the brain making full use of resources.
In Reese's theory, the brain forgets the memory fragments of humans before the age of 3, not because the brain has lost memory function during this period, but because the brain has a selectivity in order to better use the memory function.
Of course, people say that Reese's view is a bit far-fetched, and that human memory information is not stored at random under the control of the brain.
In the process of human growth and development, what are the characteristics of the growth stage before the age of 3?
And how do people understand it?
A special stage of human development before the age of 3.
Before the age of 3 is an important time node in human language development, mainly because it has been found that the human brain develops faster than expected before the age of 3.
People's memory function depends on the development of the brain.
Before the age of 3, although the human brain develops very rapidly, when the brain's memory function completes the "self-establishment", the data of the brain will show unstable characteristics.
It is precisely this unstable characteristic that makes people often appear when remembering memory fragments before the age of 3: inconsistent with what the other party said, or contradictions between themselves and themselves.
This is due to the fact that the brain is developing before the age of 3 and the memory of information in the brain is also prone to change.
Only in the process of continuous repetition and use of human memory information will a relatively stable memory repetition be formed.
The development process of the brain before the age of 3, the memory and use of information are mostly determined by the human environment and the surrounding language environment.
Before human self-awareness and language ability are fully formed, human memory information will be affected by many aspects such as brain development and environmental factors, and memory information will also adapt with the development and changes of the brain, so that human memory information before the age of 3 will become unstable.
The brain selectively deletes memory information for major tasks.
It has been found that the brain's selective storage of memory information and editing of memory information does not occur only before the age of 3, and this phenomenon can be reflected in all important stages of brain development.
In 2000, United States scholar Mark Blumberg found that the brain will complete a series of major tasks in the process of human growth and development, and these tasks require the brain to be used intensively so that it can fully play its role.
When the brain is completing the work, it will edit and store the information of the brain according to the importance of the work, so that the brain can be more efficient in completing the work.
The crawling period is very important for the growth and development stage of humans, when humans will learn how to crawl and stand and other behaviors.
During this period, the brain will delete the memory information of some behaviors in the human memory, so that the human brain will focus more on the ability to crawl and improve the learning efficiency of the person.
Many times, people expect too much from the memory storage function of the brain, but there are also some malfunctions in the brain, such as convulsions, lesions, etc.
When the brain suffers from a similar malfunction, the memory information becomes very cluttered and sometimes forgotten.
This is also due to the fact that after a malfunction in the brain, the memory information is not stored in the correct place, resulting in people being unable to recall their memory information.
In order to complete the important tasks of human beings, the brain deletes the fragments of human memories before the age of 3, which is why most people will have blank memories before the age of 3.
Epilogue:
There is no missing memory fragment before the age of 3, but the human brain is very selective, and he will "pretend" according to his own function, and this "pretend" is not to remember some irrelevant details, only important things.
The brain will also create a language and consciousness environment suitable for human beings according to human needs, and while improving their own memory function, they will also require humans to adapt to the working patterns in the brain.