你最珍视的一段童年记忆是什么？一些研究的结果或许会叫你感到惊讶：大家早期的记忆不肯定准确。这到底是为何？Whats the first thing you remember doing It could be playing with your friends at school, or going to a birthday party and eating amazing cake. Most of us have a treasured early memory of our childhood, but can we really believe those vivid memories Did those special moments really happen or did we make them upIts a strange concept to grasp, but according to research, about four out of 10 of us invent our first childhood memory. Rather than having experienced something, we could have fabricated a fake memory from videos or photos weve seen. We could have been influenced by a story recounted to us that spurs our minds on to adopt someone elses memory as our own. What it means is that memories of our younger years, especially before the age of two, may be inaccurate1, or entirely2 false.But why dont we have clear memories from that age Well, our ability to retain memories from before the age of two isnt great. While at that age we do have short-term memories, according to Catherine Loveday, an expert in autobiographical memory at the University of Westminster, the memories that infants make are not long-lasting. This is possibly due to the rapid creation of brain cells in our early years. Some scientists also believe that as we get older, our childhood memories fade and after the age of seven, we get some kind of childhood amnesia3.So why do we create fake memories Some experts believe that there is a clear desire for a sense of self and having a cohesive4 story of our existence. Creating memories can fill in the gaps giving us a more complete structure for our early lives. As we get older, we want to have a complete picture of our entire lives.So, the next time someone says they have a clear memory from when they were one or even before - just remember that while it could be true, theres a chance they just invented it at some point in their lives.
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1 inaccurate adj.错误的，不正确的，不准确的 参考例句： The book is both inaccurate and exaggerated.这本书不但不准确，而且夸大其词。 She never knows the right time because her watch is inaccurate.她从来不了解准确的时间由于她的表不准。
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