The Makings of Our Earliest Memories
By PERRI KLASS, M.D.
Joyce Hesselberth
Like many other pediatricians, I do not wear a white coat. Many of us believe that babies and small children suffer from a special form of “white coat syndrome,” that mix of trepidation and anxiety that some adults experience — to the point of high blood pressure — in a medical setting.
The pediatric version is easy to diagnose: Doctor in white coat walks into room, kid starts to cry. I worry that a child like this has recalled shots or an unpleasant ear check and has connected that memory to a particular garment, rather than to my face, or my exam room, or my stethoscope.
Dr. Perri Klass on family health.
But how realistic is that? Do babies remember past events? Starting when? Recent investigations of memory formation raise fascinating questions about how young children store and retrieve experiences and information.
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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/the-makings-of-our-earliest-memories/?hpw
