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Comment on Most people's earliest memories are at around 3 or 4 years of age, which correlates with the age kids start asking "why" for everything. Kids start asking why when they become self-aware.

wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

It’s called “Theor of Mind”. It’s basically the concept of understanding that other people know things that you don’t and it starts when children are around the age of three. VSauce talked about it in one of is videos. It’s incredibly interesting: youtu.be/evQsOFQju08?t=5m50s

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Leonixster@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
So would the fact that most people start remembering stuff from then more vividly be more of a coincidence?

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- WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It’s probably more related to how the hardware stores the software; the strength of a memory depends on the strength (complexity) in the interconnectivity of neurons related to that memory. The more some piece of information relates to other information, the physically stronger the connection of neurons that make up that information become.
  
  Prior to 3ish our brains are focused on the foundations needed to form memories; sensory perception, language, etc. Once we start converting collections of senses and language into experiences it probably reaches a threshold where those pathways are complex enough to last, and continually reinforced or built upon, for a lifetime.
  
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