Research shows that infants as young as one year can create memories, challenging the notion behind infantile amnesia. The study used brain scans on children aged 4 months to 2 years to track hippocampal activity while they viewed images. Results indicated that infants looked longer at familiar stimuli, implying memory recall, especially in those over one year. Co-author Tristan Yates posits that while adults may struggle to remember early life events, those memories might still exist, awaiting retrieval.
One really cool possibility is that the memories are actually still there in adulthood. It's just that we're not able to access them.
What this study shows is a proof of concept that the encoding capability exists.
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