Why Can't You Remember Being a Baby? (The Truth Is Stranger)

You were held, fed, and sung to — and none of it stuck. This video explains infantile amnesia: why your earliest years vanish, and why it has nothing to do with trauma and everything to do with a brain that hadn't finished building itself yet. You'll learn what neuroscientist Paul Frankland found studying memory loss in infant mice, and why developmental psychologist Patricia Bauer says language is the missing piece that lets memories survive. By the end, a baby photo of yourself will look completely different. If you've got an actual earliest memory, drop it in the comments — and subscribe if you want more of the science hiding in your everyday life.