Gap Fill - Babies' Memories - Level 6

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The has been published in the "Science". It suggests that babies as as a year old can form and store memories. Researchers used a specially designed to observe activity in an area of babies' brains called the hippocampus. This is where memories are created and stored. The research found that babies can form types of memories from the of two months. It is possible that infants can detect patterns in people's faces, and in daily routines. However, episodic memory, which allows us to recall events, may take longer to form. The researchers say this kind of may not occur until the hippocampus has more matured.

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