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Remembering your Younger Days

Remembering your Younger Days. Alexander Foster April 1, 2014. Why can’t humans remember their childhood days?. “Children With Hula Hoops” image courtesy Dreamstime. Why?. Curiosity Memory has always been a mystery topic to me. “Curiosity Man” image courtesy Dreamstime.

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Remembering your Younger Days

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  1. Remembering your Younger Days Alexander Foster April 1, 2014

  2. Why can’t humans remember their childhood days? “Children With Hula Hoops” image courtesy Dreamstime

  3. Why? • Curiosity • Memory has always been a mystery topic to me “Curiosity Man” image courtesy Dreamstime

  4. One hypothesis is that our brains were underdeveloped at a young age and we were not able to retain much information. • According to Shouse (2011), we will be able to recognize items (semantic memory), but we won’t be able to commit scenes to memory (episodic memory). “Hand holding tiny brain” image courtesy of Dreamstime

  5. “Healthy visitor talking to mother with young baby” image courtesy Dreamstime • According to Davis (2012), Underdeveloped language skills play a part in inability to recall childhood. “Baby girl celebrating her first birthday and clown” image courtesy Dreamstime

  6. According to Badeley (2004) “One argues that the memory simply fades away or decays way like a billboard that is exposed to sun and rain gradually fades until it becomes quite illegible.” “Memory Lane” image courtesy Dreamstime Badeley also suggests that forgetting occurs because memory traces are disrupted or obscured by subsequent learning, in other words that forgetting occurs because of interference.

  7. Primary Research – Age v. childhood amnesia • I guessed that age had to do with not being able to recall childhood memories. The older you get, the less you remember. • I interviewed three of my family members of different ages, my mother, my older brother, and my little cousin to see what age their earliest childhood memory occurred. “Memory Loss” image courtesy Dreamstime.

  8. Results

  9. Results 1. My 21 year old brother was able to recall the earliest childhood memory of all of my interviewees, which was falling off of his bike at age 4. My 14 year old cousin was able to recall the second most, which was playing volleyball with her mother at age five or six. My 53 year old mother recalled the least, which was catching the bus to school everyday around age 8 or 9. 2. 3.

  10. Analysis of results • I hypothesized my cousin would remember the furthest back, but after looking deeper into research I realized my results were accurate. • My brother is around the age where the brain becomes fully developed. • My brother also has his earliest memory rekindled frequently. • My little cousin’s brain is still developing. • My mother’s memory is beginning to fade. “Light bulb handing over business man’s head” image courtesy Dreamsimte

  11. What I learned • I learned a lot about different types of memory, brain development, and tricks to being able to recall memories. • I learned how to conduct an interview through primary research and how to analyze the data. • I learned the correct way to cite references using apa format. “Keyboard with key learn” image courtesy Dreamstime

  12. References • Badeley, A. D. (2004). Your Memory: A Users Guide (p. 107). N.p.: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books. • Baby girl celebrating her first birthday and clown (n.d.) Dreamstime.com. [image]. Retrieved March 30 from http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-baby-girl-celebrating-first-birthday-parents-clown-image29728613Children with hula hoops (n.d.) Dreamstime.com [image] Retrieved March 30 from http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-children-hula-hoops-image25154162 • Davis, J. (2012, August 22). Why Can't You Remember Being a Baby. Mental Floss. Retrieved March 21, 2014, from http://psychology.about.com/od/memory/ss/ten-facts-about-memory_2.htm • Hand holding tiny brain (n.d.) Dreamstime.com. [image]. Retrieved March 30 from http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photo-hand-holding-tiny-brain-cartoon-illustration-small-image30676235 • Healthy visitor talking to mother with young baby (n.d.) Dreamstime.com. [image]. Retrieved March 30 from http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photography-health-visitor-talking-to-mother-young-baby-female-image36607507 • Keyboard with key learn (n.d.) Dreamstime.com. [image]. Retrieved March 31 from http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images-keyboard-key-learn-image19607454 • Memory Lane (n.d.) Dreamtimes.com. [image]. Retrieved March 30 from http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-memory-lane-raod-sign-sepia-tones-image37355221 • Memory loss (n.d.) Dreamstime.com. [image]. Retrieved March 31 from http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-memory-loss-image23315802 • Light bulb hanging over businessman’s head (n.d.) Dreamstime.com. [image]. Retrieved March 31 from http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-light-bulb-hanging-over-businessman-s-head-image18249612 • Shouse, B. (2011, February 7). Why Don't Remember Being Babies. In Live Science. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from http://psychology.about.com/od/memory/ss/ten-facts-about-memory_2.htm

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