为何你将你的婴儿时期遗忘得那么彻底?
<p><span word="From">From</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="dramatic">dramatic</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="life">life</span> – <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> – <span word="to">to</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="steps">steps</span>, <span word="first">first</span> <span word="words">words</span>, <span word="first">first</span> <span word="food">food</span>, <span word="right">right</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nursery">nursery</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="can">can</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="How">How</span> <span word="come">come</span>?</p><p>从你一生当中最激动人心的时刻——你的出生日——开始,到初次走路,初次说话,初次吃东西,一直到上幼儿园,我们大多数人不记得生命长河中头几年的事情了。这是怎么回事呢?</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="gaping">gaping</span> <span word="hole">hole</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="baffling">baffling</span> <span word="psychologists">psychologists</span>, <span word="neuroscientists">neuroscientists</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="linguists">linguists</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="minor">minor</span> <span word="obsession">obsession</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="psychotherapy">psychotherapy</span>, <span word="Sigmund">Sigmund</span> <span word="Freud">Freud</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="coined">coined</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phrase">phrase</span> ‘<span word="infant">infant</span> <span word="amnesia">amnesia</span>’ <span word="over">over</span> 100 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>.</p><p>我们生命记录中的这一空白已经困扰心理学家、神经系统科学家和语言学家数十年了。心理疗法之父西格蒙德·弗洛伊德对此也颇有研究,他于100多年前创造了“婴儿健忘症“一词。</p><p><span word="Part">Part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="puzzle">puzzle</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="babies">babies</span> <span word="are">are</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="ways">ways</span>, <span word="sponges">sponges</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="information">information</span>, <span word="forming">forming</span> 700 <span word="new">new</span> <span word="neural">neural</span> <span word="connections">connections</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wielding">wielding</span> <span word="language">language</span>-<span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="accomplished">accomplished</span> <span word="polyglot">polyglot</span> <span word="green">green</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="envy">envy</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="training">training</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="minds">minds</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="womb">womb</span>.</p><p>从另一方面来说,该困惑的部分原因在于婴儿能够不断吸收新的信息,每秒钟可形成700个新的神经连接,并通过语言习得技能引得精通数国语言的人投之以羡慕之情。最新的研究表明,他们甚至在母亲分娩之后便开始训练自己的大脑了。</p>
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