Infant Memory Works From Very Early

Infant Memory Works From Very Early
I think this article is very interesting. It's hard to believe that infant memory is so advanced, mostly because we usually don't remember anything from when we're young. What I'd like to know is what makes you forget most memories from when your a child. The experiment that Professor Carolyn Rovee-Collier set up was almost identical to the classical conditioning experiment. Unlike Pavlov's experiment they were experimenting with infants and not rats. Rovee-Collier had infants from 9-12 months lay in the cribs, while colorful wooden figures were hung above them. There was a string attaches to the mobile hanging and the infant's foot. When the infant kicks the mobile moves and the harder they kick the more noise and harder the mobile bumps together. Researchers studied the relationship between the hardness of the kick and the excitement the infant got out of this. It was learned that infants as young as 8 months can learn and be conditioned. This is very interesting especially since the human brain isn't developed yet.