Pavithra,
You have put your finger on the big problem with early
memories:
> But family members may have to reinforce such
memories with actual facts to provide clarity!
Memory is very malleable – that is the topic of much
recent research demonstrating the unreliability of even short-term eyewitness
testimony. Memories can be easily changed by suggestions placed before or
after the observation. So early memories shave to be suspect if family members
have had an opportunity to reinforce them – indistinguishable from
actually *creating* the memories after the fact.
In discussing an early memorable event that my wife and I shared
with 3-year old who is now a young lady, we have asked ‘do you remember when
. . .’ and the answer is ‘I’m not sure – I think I
remember, but I’ve been told about it so often I can’t tell what I
remember and what I was told’. For memories before any language
develops, it must be harder to tell.
Pat
Patrick Cassidy
MICRA, Inc.
908-561-3416
cell: 908-565-4053
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Agreed, there has to be some kind of enforcement -
verification, cross referencing of where that bits and pieces of memories
comes from. Generally, older siblings, cousins, parents,
grandparents other family members and friends can verify the time frame,
events, sounds, places and people..
For example, if a child receives a white
puppy with a big red bow at first birthday....
and learns to play and say bow wow with the puppy
and get used to playing with the puppy.... and after six months,
the puppy is taken away.. and if that child never again has
a puppy or a dog for a pet after that.. the child may always
have a sense of familiarity about a white puppy, a red bow and
even the sound bow wow and even smell ( yeah gross but true)
associated with it..
But family members may have to reinforce such
memories with actual facts to provide clarity!
--- On Tue, 4/21/09, Duane Nickull <dnickull@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From: Duane Nickull <dnickull@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] web-syllogism-and-worldview - Early pre-lingual
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Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 12:01 PM
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