This is stated by Dr. René Spencer, Ph.D. and a practicing psychologist, who every day works with children at home and in the clinic and collected the following information on this subject.
What we remember before three years old
We still know very little about memory and earlybrain development, but recent studies have led to a number of new discoveries. So, babies were found so-called declarative, explicit (long-term) memory - remembering the mother's voice. Kids reacted through emotions. It was enough to talk to my mother, as they began to smile and calm down. It is not known when the fetus begins to distinguish the maternal voice in the uterus, but this is the very first place where its memory begins to absorb information. These difficult nine months, when you are nurturing and nurturing a child, are actually your first chance to start talking with him. Dr. Spencer also explains the difference between semantic and declarative memory. Babies crying to call their mother to feed them, use a semantic, unconscious memory that helps them survive. Declarative memory is conscious, based on observation and knowledge.
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About three to seven years
Early development of memory and brain is very important beforefive years. The brain at this age is so flexible that this is the best time to learn, since it can remember almost everything. The more you chant, the more your children chant. Dr. Spencer recommends a repetition and regimen for children 3 to 7 years old. This allows them to categorize things and translate them into long-term memory. The more often you try to remember something, the easier it becomes later to pull it out of memory. Children with whom parents talk are taught early memorization and recall. They are sometimes able to remember stories after the first or second reading thanks to a mode that includes regular bedtime reading.
From seven to ten years old
At the age of 7 - 10 years, when children go to school,a rapid development of the hippocampus (part of the limbic system of the brain, which participates in the mechanisms of the formation of emotions, the consolidation of memory (that is, the transition of short-term memory to a long-term memory) and the ability to remember.The child begins to organize more efficiently and more logically store information.Therefore, most people have a lot of memories begins somewhere from the third class. Therefore, up to three years, parents should remember and write down the most interesting thing that happens to your child, so that somewhere in 10 years to express it by how much he could and could do at infancy.
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The bad is remembered more clearly than the good
We, for example, remember in all the details the day whenbroke his arm, but we can not remember your birthday in the same year, Christmas or family vacation. According to Dr. Spencer, good memories at an early age give way to bad ones. This is because we want to remember not something pleasant, but something that has hurt us to prevent such incidents in the future.
How important it is to take photos
Parents need to shoot their children a little more. Funny pictures with toothless smiles can give a push to the memory of an adult and help him see again the day, seemingly lost forever. Children remember events much better if they see a photo or other visualization.
