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Most people cannot [recall / call] memories of being a baby, nor of their infancy. However, some people [clam / claim] they can remember things that happened in the first year [of / at] their lives. Researchers at Yale and Columbia University in the United States studied [who / why] people have no recollection of [what / things] that happened in the first four or five years of their lives. The research team also investigated [whether / weather] or not babies formed memories at [tall / all] . Researcher Dr Tristan Yates suggested we may not be [capable / able] to remember being a baby. He said: "Our [result / results] suggest that babies' brains have the capacity for forming memories, but how long-lasting [them / these] memories are is still an open question."

The research has been published [in / on] the journal "Science". It suggests that babies as young as a year old can form and [store / stare] memories. Researchers used a specially [designate / designed] scanner to observe activity in an area of babies' brains called the [hippocampus / hippopotamus] . This is where memories are created and stored. The research found that babies can form [limited / remitted] types of memories from the age of two months. It is possible that [infancy / infants] can detect patterns in people's faces, language and in [daily / day] routines. However, episodic memory, which allows us [for / to] recall specific events, may take longer to form. The researchers say this kind of memory may not [occurrence / occur] until the hippocampus has more fully [nurture / matured] .