Why can't you remember being a baby?

Why Can’t You Remember Being a Baby? , You lived an entire life before you turned three, but almost none of it is left. Why? In this video we look at four reasons: an unfinished hippocampus, a brain that rewires itself, a sense of self that hadn't arrived yet, and a world without words. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Think of your earliest memory 0:26 Do babies form memories? 1:13 Reason 1: An unfinished brain 1:45 Reason 2: Growing up wipes the slate 3:09 Reason 3: Nobody was home yet 4:11 Reason 4: No words to hold it 5:12 So what actually happened? 📚 Sources and further reading Akers et al. (2014). Hippocampal neurogenesis regulates forgetting during adulthood and infancy. Science. Guskjolen et al. (2018). Recovery of "lost" infant memories in mice. Current Biology. Howe & Courage (1993). On resolving the enigma of infantile amnesia. Psychological Bulletin. Nelson & Fivush (2004). The emergence of autobiographical memory: A social cultural developmental theory. Psychological Review. MacDonald, Uesiliana & Hayne (2000). Cross-cultural and gender differences in childhood amnesia. Memory. Wang (2001). Cultural effects on adults' earliest childhood recollection and self-description. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Yates et al. (2025). Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants. Science. What's your earliest memory? Tell me in the comments 👇 Subscribe for more videos on how the mind works. #Psychology #Memory #Neuroscience