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Can a baby remember its birth?

Now, since most people are unable to form memories until age 3.5, how can someone remember their birth? Dr. Julia Shaw uses neuroscience to investigate claims of early memory. She discusses that not remembering birth or infancy is not a mistake or problem; rather, that these are impossible memories.

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Most adults can recount memories from when they were very young. However, some claim to remember their birth or other memories in infancy. In her book, The Memory Illusion, Dr. Julia Shaw explains that 3.5 is the age when most adults recall their earliest memory. If this is the case- how can one claim to remember their birth?

In a journal article titled, The Adults Who Remember Being Born, a man by the name of Elliander Eldridge says he remembers his birth. He said he is able to recall the warmth of being in the womb and then being exposed to a bright light as his mom gave birth to him. His remembrance of birth may be different from the average story, however. This is because Eldridge experienced trauma shortly after his birth. He had been born with a condition called Bilateral Stahl’s Ear, in which the ear possesses an excess amount of cartilage. Eldridge had to experience a painful procedure to remove the excess cartilage with no sedation- in which he claims not to remember the pain but his reactions to the pain, his cries, and distress from the discomfort. Now, since most people are unable to form memories until age 3.5, how can someone remember their birth? Dr. Julia Shaw uses neuroscience to investigate claims of early memory. She discusses that not remembering birth or infancy is not a mistake or problem; rather, that these are impossible memories. Impossible in that they are reconstructed or made-up ideas that are mistaken for real memories. The parts of the brain that contribute to long-term memory, which includes a section of the frontal lobe and hippocampus, do not begin developing until about 9 months of age. Since they start to grow at this time it is impossible for infants to retain any memories past 30 seconds before that age. On the other hand researchers Paley and Alpert (2003), reviewed 9 studies, consisting of 150 cases of adults who described long-lasting memories of early childhood trauma. These researchers found that children who had experienced trauma were able to retain the experience in some form of memory for extended periods of time. They posited that children between the ages of 0 and 36 months may store experiences of trauma in both verbal and nonverbal forms. Critical thinking is required to infer whether early memories, which may include trauma, are remembered accurately. Long-term memories are always susceptible to change. Something many people don’t fully understand about memory is that it is constantly reconstructed. Like using the same Legos to build a structure over and over again, a memory can be changed each time it is retrieved. Some aspect of the memory may be accurate (like using the basic building blocks to make something); however, the pieces or the story can be changed. Consider this, each time I talk about choking on Gobstoppers I could add in or remove detail. One time I could add what I think the exact color of the candy was, blue. Another time I could misremember who was in the room when I was chocking. Even more tricky is that talking to others or seeing pictures of an event can also change a memory overtime.

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First, relax your face muscles, tongue, jaw and the muscles around the eyes. Lower your shoulders as far down as they'll go, then do the same with your upper and lower arm, one side at a time. Exhale, relaxing your chest then move down to your legs, starting from the thighs all the way down to your toes.

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Nearly three quarters of adults in the UK (71%) do not get the recommended seven to nine hours’ sleep a night. So it's no wonder the military sleep method has gone viral, particularly when you throw in the yoyo-ing pace of our lives and the anxiety-inducing state of the world right now. If you haven't heard of the military method or seen it pop up on your newsfeeds, you've come to the right place – essentially, it's an old sleep hack that's been tried and tested by the US army who say it does the job in just two minutes. Yes, you read that right: the US army. That's because the technique is said to work in intense environments – like a literal battlefield. So, chances are, if the US army can use it in such high-stress environments, we have a good chance of getting it work in our messy flats and homes with too-bright light and noisy neighbours. The technique is explained in a 1981 book called Relax and Win: Championship Performance, and it explains the method was developed by army chiefs to address the issue of soldiers getting too tired or exhausted. The stakes in this situation are obviously very high.

And it clearly works for some people, so it's worth a shot.

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