Infants retain memories starting from a specific age
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SUPPORTED
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Multiple studies demonstrate that infants are capable of retaining various forms of memory beginning at specific developmental stages, ranging from birth through early infancy.
Evidence for · 4
The ubiquity of episodic-like memory during infancy.
2025 · cited by 7
Paper [0] reviews evidence demonstrating that infants possess episodic-like memory capabilities from early in infancy.
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More for · 3
Dynamical systems model of embodied memory in early human infancy.
2025 · cited by 2
Paper [4] shows that infants at three months of age can retain behavioral experiences and memories over extended periods.
Verbal Episodic Processing in Newborns
2026 · cited by 0
Paper [5] indicates that newborns can form verbal memories and recognize familiar auditory stimuli starting right from birth.
Construction and disruption of spatial memory networks during development.
2019 · cited by 0
Paper [8] explains that specific types of spatial memory emerge in children in an age-dependent and stage-like developmental manner.