Glossary

the observation that the vast majority of people cannot remember events from the first earliest years of life. Research shows that absolute infantile amnesia generally exists for the first two years of life, meaning that events from this period cannot be recalled, and that relative infantile amnesia exists for the period between the ages of 3 and 6, allowing the emergence of the first independent memories of experiences from this period – that is, memories not reconstructed from the accounts of others.