http://mindhacks.com/2005/06/23/cognitive-daily-on-childhood-amnesia/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2005/06/23/cognitive-daily-on-childhood-amnesia/#comment-8333 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:16:36 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2005/06/23/cognitive-daily-on-childhood-amnesia/#comment-8333 There are many kinds of memories. In infancy the cognitve mind has not yet developed however the affective mind is very much aware. We are able to create implicit affective memories right after birth if the event creats enough affect. For example suppose a mother died a few days ow weeks after birth. The infant would be aware that the mother suddenly vanished and would not accept any woman as a substitute. We have research that shows infants taken from their mothers experience grief shock and repression. (Robertson and Bowlby 1952).We also have eveidence that many adopted infants feel intense grief throughout their lives for their bonded birth mothers even when raised in a loving family.

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