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Most adults cannot recall events from before about age three, a phenomenon known as infantile amnesia.

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Is it true that most adults cannot recall events from before about age three, a phenomenon known as infantile amnesia?

Yes. A reference work states that childhood amnesia, also called infantile amnesia, is the common inability to remember events from one's own childhood, and a peer-reviewed review notes adults have surprisingly few memories of early childhood. Other sources place adults' earliest recollections around age three or note the boundary is debated between roughly two and six years.

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Amnesia
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Amnesia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia

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Defining the boundary: age-related changes in childhood amnesia.
2010
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K, T. & H, H. (2010). Defining the boundary: age-related changes in childhood amnesia.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020105

Infantile amnesia: A neurogenic hypothesis
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Infantile amnesia: A neurogenic hypothesis. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.021311.110

Episodic Memory and Autonoetic Conciousness: Developmental Evidence and a Theory of Childhood Amnesia
1995
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Episodic Memory and Autonoetic Conciousness: Developmental Evidence and a Theory of Childhood Amnesia. (1995). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1006/jecp.1995.1024

Childhood amnesia
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Childhood amnesia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia

Developmental Changes in Memory-Related Linguistic Skills and Their Relationship to Episodic Recall in Children
2015
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Uehara, I. (2015). Developmental Changes in Memory-Related Linguistic Skills and Their Relationship to Episodic Recall in Children. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137220

Eliciting adults' earliest memories: does it matter how we ask the question?
2007
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F, J. & H, H. (2007). Eliciting adults' earliest memories: does it matter how we ask the question?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210701467087

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