Study: 40 percent of early childhood memories of people are fictitious – Disclosures – Science

A study published in the journal Psychological Science states that most people get their first memories around the age of three. However, a team of researchers from three British universities found that 38.6% of the 6641 participants reported having memories of two years or less. 19659002] All participants were asked to describe their first memories, as well as what time they were trained. Subsequently, the scientists badyzed the descriptions of the memory.

As many participants claimed that their early memories were less than three years old, the researchers advanced the theory that they developed by mixing visualizations and emotions with facts and knowledge about their childhood. obtained from photographs or conversations.

"When we studied the participants' responses to the study, it turned out that many memories are related to the age of the infant.More often these memories are focused on the pram. For the person concerned, such a memory could have formed, for example: "The mother had big green cats." The person immediately imagines what it looks like, and over time, these imaginations become fictitious memories, "explains Martins Konvejs, author of the study (Martin Conway

During human life, these mental representations have been relaunched several times, supplemented without realizing that they are actually fictitious.