Why can't I remember being a baby?

Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

How far back can you remember? I bet you can't remember being a baby. Most people can't and it's a total mystery as to why.

Why does this happen? Where did my memories go? And is there any way we can get them back?

In this episode, Michael and Dan chat to experts Sally and Carole about where our earliest childhood memories go and whether there's any way we can re-remember them.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science, the multi-award winning mysteries of science.
0:07.0	My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science in Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior.
0:12.7	And I'm Michael, the junior editor. On this podcast, we take a look at our favorite mysteries of science.
0:18.0	These are the strange phenomena and bizarre events and have left scientists
0:20.9	scratching their heads and despite their best efforts remain well and truly unsolved.
0:25.8	Right, we're into our third series now and we've investigated a whole load of mysteries
0:31.0	since the podcast first started. Say, can you remember the very first episode of this podcast?
0:37.2	Yeah, very clearly.
0:39.5	Oh, in fact, I can't forget it.
0:42.2	I'm quite often reminded about my, ah, Nessie moment.
0:46.5	Of course, it was the Loch Ness monster.
0:49.1	Well remembered.
0:50.1	You've clearly got a very good memory there, Dan, but let's test it some more.
0:53.9	Can you remember what you were doing this time last week?
0:56.3	Uh-oh, yeah, I certainly can.
0:58.8	I think we were just accepting our glittering new award at the publisher podcast awards.
1:04.8	Thank you very much.
1:05.5	Well, that's certainly not something you're going to forget.
1:07.6	But let's go even further back.
1:09.2	How about when you were a baby?
1:11.3	What's your earliest memory? Ooh, now that's more tricky. You know what? I can't really remember being a
1:19.3	baby. Isn't that weird? What about you, Michael? I can't either. What about you? How far back can you
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