1) Infantile amnesia refers to the inability of adults to recall episodic memories from ages 2 to 4 years old due to the brain still developing, especially areas involved in memory storage like the hippocampus. 2) Memories from these young ages can sometimes be remembered through triggers like hearing stories, seeing photos, or watching home videos, which help individuals form memories of those times. 3) The examples provided show how memories from ages 2 to 4 tend to be pieced together from other sources rather than accurately recalled, while the memory from age 5 contained more accurate details, suggesting memory storage is more developed by that age.

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Memories Developed from Infantile Amnesia
Infantile amnesia,alsoknownaschildhoodamnesia,describesthe inabilityof adultstorecall
certainepisodicmemoriesbefore the age of twotofour yearsold.A majorreasonof whythese
memoriesare unable tobe recalledisbecause atthose agesthe brainisstill underdevelopment.Areas
such as the hippocampusthatinvolve memorystorage are partof whatI still beingdeveloped.
Memoriesfromthese agescansometimesthoughtobe remembereddue tohavingheardstoriesfrom
those involved,seeingphotos,orwatchinghome videos.Throughvarioustriggerssuchasthese
individualsformamemoryaboutthat time orexperience.Forexample,throughourdiscussionboard
youcouldsee that lotsof individualshadeitherpostedmemoriesatfouryearsand andlater or were
veryunsure of those memories.Ariel Vangpostedaboutamemoryatan apartmentcomplex where had
dad had pulledoutakite.Althoughshe seemstorememberthisneitherof herparentscouldverifythe
memoryas beingaccurate.She thenquestionsif maybe itwasfroma dreamor somewhere. Ariel’s
memoryshowshowa memorycouldbe formulatedbyothertriggersorthoughtsbutbe made upor
altered
My ownmemoryrevolvedaroundafamilytriptoDisney World. The earliestmemorythatIcan
currentlythinkof issittingona sandy areaduringa familytripinFlorida. Iwasabout3 to 3 1/2. I
remembersittingonthe sandplayingwithone of those little plasticbeachshovels.Ialsobelieve that
the shovel waspinkalongwithmyswimsuit.If Iremembercorrectlyitwasjustmymom sittingwithme
takingpictureswithacamera while mydadwas off withmysisters.Ican also remembersittinginmy
strolleronthissame tripsand beingfrightenedbyone of the "7 dwarfs."I believe itwasdopeyandthat
he was peeringintomystrollerandtryingtogetme to wantto come outfor a picture butI just
continuedtobe upset. While some of myfactswere accurate I know theyshow signsof the trigger
conceptbecause mymom haskeptso many familyphotosthatIhave gone throughoverthe years.In
additiontothat mymom and oldersisterwere bothable toaddgreat detail andalterwhere my

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assumptionswere incorrect.Forexample,Iwasactually4 yearsold at the time andwhile itwasusedas
a familytrip,myfamilyhadgone because mymomhad a work tripthere at the time.The tripwas also
not spentcompletelyinDisneyworldandwasto the general areaof Orlando.We justhappenedtogo
there fora dayas well asto otherlocationssuchas animal kingdom.Ifeel like mymemoryshowssigns
of infantile amnesiaasIcouldnot remembergranddetailsbutsimplywaspiecedtogetherthrough
storiesIhad heardand picturesIhad previouslyseen.
In Contrastwithme and Ariel’smemoriesKaylaTraviswasfive yearsoldinhersandaccording to
hermothershe didan excellentjobof recallingthe memoryotherthanthe time of yearthatit occurred.
Kayla’smemorywasaboutthe passingawayof herdog. Althoughitisa veryemotional memorywhich
may have helpedhertoholdonto it,the memoryisalsofromthe age of five andnot inthe twoto four
yearold time frame thatisassociatedwithchildhoodamnesia.
Overall,the memoriesthatIreadfrom age’stwoto four seemedmostlypiecedtogether
throughfamilymemories,photos,orevendreams.Forthe mostpartthese memoriesseemtobe
constructedwitha potential of some small piecesof memorysuchasAriel’sapartmentcomplex.It
seemedthatmemorystorage ismore developedaroundage five because individualswiththosestories
appearedtorecall more accurate details,more information,oremotionslinkedwiththe memory.