The first empirical demonstration of the onset of this phenomenon was provided by Emory University psychologist Patricia Bauer.
The first empirical demonstration of the onset of this phenomenon was provided by Emory University psychologist Patricia Bauer. A widely-replicated 1994 study by M.K. Mullen found this phenomenon affects Asian-American students for longer duration than white Americans; some theories for that discrepancy invoke levels of ";maternal elaboration."; The common name for this phenomenon, which also affects males for longer than females, was coined in Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality by Sigmund Freud, who claimed it arises from repression of traumatic sexual experiences. This phenomenon, now thought to be caused by continuing neurogenesis in the hippocampus, is often subject to commonly-cited exceptions, such as visits to the emergency room or the birth of siblings. This non-disease phenomenon usually gives way to ";fragment"; rather than ";episodic"; memories. For 10 points, give the name for most adults' inability to recall events from before the age of about 3.
The first empirical demonstration of the onset of this phenomenon was provided by Emory University psychologist Patricia Bauer.
childhood amnesia [or infantile amnesia; prompt on amnesia or descriptive equivalents such as memory loss]