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Earliest Memories Remembered During Adulthood
Hi:
I am aware the average age at which long-term retention of memories is 3. What the earliest age known at which a person has had long-term memories that were retained in adulthood [i.e. something similar to the Guiness Book of Records for earliest memory]? I seem to be able to remember things that happened when I was 2 years old and slightly earlier. I am now 22 years old. I used to live in Stamford, Connecticut. I really like the house in Stamford, Connecticut. It was on 263 Strawberry Hill Avenue. I lived in that house for the 1st 2.5 years of my life. I was born on 10-22-83. It was my favorite house. But I wasn't in that house for the entire first 2.5 years. I had gone to India in '86 from January to July. I could differentiate Stamford and India from each other. I can remember returning from India to Connecticut. I recall feeling a sigh of relief after I came back to Stamford. After I came back we only stayed in the Stamford house for 3 days [well, my parents think it was 3 days! For me it felt much longer, even though I loved the Stamford house!] before moving to a borough called "Queens" in New York. I recall begging to go back to Stamford after we move to Queens. My family is Indian. There are some Indian songs that they played that remind me of the house in Stamford, Connecticut. When listening to those songs, I actally feel like I am in that house again! It is just so amazing and real. I can remember seeing one of my aunts in the hospital. This was when my aunt was giving birth to her son in September of '85. I obviously didn't know why she was in the hospital but I do remember her lying on a bed. I can remember her being very uncomfortable. This memory has been confirmed by my parents as the day my aunt gave birth to her son. During this, I was a month less than 2 years of age! Scientifically [at least in current research] what deteremines how early long-term memory starts, whether these memories are retained, and how long they are retained? Thanks, Green |
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