It turns out that childhood memories before this age are more likely to be fictitious

You may think that you have memories of taking your first steps, or even your first words.

But a new study found that these are most likely fictitious.

The research, published in the Psychological Science Journal, found that it is unlikely that humans remember anything until they are three and a half years old.

In the largest survey of early memories, it was found that 40% of people's first memories are actually fictional. they claim to remember things that happened at the age of two or even earlier.

Recollections that relate to childhood are often the result of a mixed memory of imagination

Martin Conway, study co-author said:

"This type memory could have resulted from someone who said something like "mother had a big green stroller. "

" The person then imagines what he would have looked like. "

The researchers also found that it's when we are 5 or 6 years old at the age that people start creating" adult-like memories "- although those to three years are still considered realistic.

Conway explains that 6,641 people were asked to recall their first memory for the study, confirming that he [traduction] "was not related to a family history or a photograph "

He notes that false memories are often the result of photographs or even of childhood stories.

2,487 people remember two years 893 d & # 39 among them claiming their first memory was when they were about a year old.

Researchers believe that this is unlikely because of how the brain develops.

Dr. Shazia Akhtar, another author of L & Study says:

"We suggest that what a memory has to Mind when we recall imaginary improbable early memories is an episodic-memory mental representation consisting of memorized fragments of early experiences and some facts or knowledge about them in fantasy / childhood. "