Question

Four-year-old karen can't remember anything of the first few months of her life. this is best explained by the fact that the trauma of birth interferes with the early formation of memories. most brain cells do not yet exist at the time of birth. experiences shortly after birth are a meaningless blur of darkness and light. the hippocampus and frontal lobes are immature during early infancy.

Answer 1

The neural connections that handle memories are not fully developed shortly after birth. Karen is only able to remember the memories for a very short time before they are replace with something else, this is very normal for children her age. Karen will eventually be able to form long term memories around the age of ten. As children develop their memory extends.