How to remember childhood memories

When most people have trouble recalling a memory, they dismiss it forever.However, a new study has found that when people are given a picture of themselves as a child and asked to recall the memories, they are more likely to create a more recent picture of themselves.

Neuroscientists share how to unlock childhood memories you thought were gone forever

Simple visualizations can help you recall memories you thought you had lost.

When most people forget facts or how to perform certain tasks, they believe they will never be able to remember the information again.As if when you forget something, it is erased from the folds of your brain, like ink from a whiteboard.However, this is not entirely true.Some memories are buried in deeper parts of the brain that are harder to access, but are still there if you know where to look.

Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University recently created a clever illusion that gives people access to childhood memories they would otherwise not remember.They found that showing adults photos of themselves from their childhood helped them access childhood memories more easily.

When our childhood memories were formed, we had a garden that created a separation between the head and the body at Rushni University.So we asked: - Can we help people to remember aspects of this body, from this time?"

Granddaughter shows old photos to grandmother.via canvas/photo

The researchers asked people to look at a photo of their childhood or an adult's face and answer questions from their childhood (up to age 11) or last year.Those who looked at a childhood face remembered much more of their lives before the age of 11 than those who looked at a photo of their adult self.

How would you recall a childhood memory that you thought was long gone?

Studies have shown that when we look at pictures of ourselves as children, we also have memories of our bodies in the form of our bodies.

"Every event that we remember is not an experience of the outside world, but also an experience of our body, which is always there," study author Utkarsh Gupta told Anglia Ruskin University.

So if you're trying to remember what you dressed up as for Halloween in the second grade, or remember the name of your first babysitter, look at a photo of yourself as a child and you're more likely to recall the memory.

A middle of digging through his things that reminds in memory.vava canvava / photo

How to recover memories from your past

A study with two years ago finding a similar result.If you try recall a memory of the past, but you can't bring it up, again-experiencing something related to him can bring back forgot details.So, if you try to remember like all the rooms in the house you grew in looked like, find a photo of the front of the house and you will be more likely to remember what it is like to go through the kitchen, bathroom or dining room.With whom you went camping in eight class.If you're trying to remember the past, turn on some music from the era and you will be more likely to remember their names.

The good news from these studies is that we shouldn't think that just because we don't remember something right away, that it isn't somewhere in the back of our minds just waiting to be found.And that even though the memory may not appear in our thoughts, it is still part of our subconscious and plays a role in who we are today and who we will be in the future.