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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

You don’t really start to retain memories until after 5 as your brain basically rewires itself at that point. So if you “remember” it (from its debut), you’re probably closer to 40.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I likley just rented the vhs from blockbuster because it had dinosaurs on it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

It sure as hell did have dinosaurs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

You don’t really start to retain memories until after 5 as your brain basically rewires itself after that.

I call bullsh*t on that. I have many memories from before age 5, and one from as young as 14 months. I may be a statistical outlier with that last bit, but I can't believe that our brains don't save any memories from before we were 5.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some research does actually support your position that we do actually retain memories from our youth, but more so we forget them as we get older. Studies have shown that children remember their childhood, and can recall memories from very young. But we seem to forget them as we do into adulthood. It’s not that children are incapable of remembering

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Not if you have heavy PTSD! It's like having a superpower that for some reason makes it difficult to buy bread sometimes.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Feel free to think what you want, but that what the current research suggests.

The Wikipedia page on childhood amnesia actually has some pretty good references on this linked. Humans are also really good at creating and modifying memories to implant new ones or change existing ones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Your links actually show mixed opinions on Childhood Amnesia. The second paragraph in the Wikipedia article says children are capable of retaining memories before the age of two, which refutes your claim that we can’t retain them until after 5 years old.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You might want to reread that (or check the actual linked research), it doesn’t say “retain” it says “remember”. It’s referring to recall specifically in children to establish when those memories start to fade or become inaccurate. The studies linked were regarding interviews with those who were still children. For example, the Cleveland & Reese study was interviewing 5½ year olds. The Tustin et al paper provides a better timeline comparison at various age stages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I can confirm this. Am 41 and I remember it quite clearly.

It might not have been released at exactly the same date in my country as the US release. But it should be close enough.