Why You Can’t Remember Being a Baby

You lived your first years on Earth… so why is it all blank? If you love brain

mysteries like this, subscribe now for daily mind-blowers. Did you know your brain physically

couldn’t store long-term memories as a baby? This phenomenon is called infantile amnesia.

The hippocampus—the part of your brain responsible for forming memories—was still under construction.

Even though babies learn rapidly, their brains focus on survival skills, not memory storage.

On top of that, language plays a huge role in memory, and without words, memories don’t get

“saved” properly. So those first laughs, steps, and moments happened—but your brain never

hit the save button.