Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Forty percent of people have a fictional first memory

science daily


Researchers have conducted one of the largest surveys of people's first memories, finding that nearly 40 per cent of people had a first memory which is fictional.
Current research indicates that people's earliest memories date from around three to three-and-a-half years of age. However, the study from researchers at City, University of London, the University of Bradford and Nottingham Trent University found that 38.6 per cent of a survey of 6,641 people claimed to have memories from two or younger, with 893 people claiming memories from one or younger. This was particularly prevalent among middle-aged and older adults

2 comments:

  1. How did the research determine whether a memory was "false" or not, other than by guessing?

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  2. well done, you see, you can think logically if you really try!

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