During infancy, there are various stages of brain development, especially in terms of memory ability. Parents should naturally understand the laws and characteristics of memory development at each stage, and engage in appropriate exercise to improve brain development and address issues such as memory decline. Many children rely mainly on mechanical memory, which can be consolidated through simple memorization. What are the characteristics of infant memory?
What are the characteristics of infant memory
1. Children mainly rely on mechanical memory.
Due to their young age and lack of necessary knowledge and experience, children often have to mechanically memorize materials based on their external connections using simple repetition.
2. The memory of infants and young children is mainly unconscious memory.
During infancy and early childhood, unconscious memorization dominates, while conscious memorization is still in the stage of gradual development. The earliest and easiest things for infants and young children to remember are often those that are closely related to themselves and things that interest them.
3. The effect of children's image memory is higher than that of word memory.
Image memory is the recognition of specific images, such as children remembering and recognizing their parents' appearance based on intuitive images. Word memorization is the indirect recognition of words. Due to the lower language proficiency of young children, during this period, visual memory is significantly superior to word memory.
How to divide the memory stages in infancy
1. A 4-month-old child can distinguish various odors and distinguish objects of different colors. It takes 4-5 months to distinguish between relatives and newborns.
2. Babies can recognize their mothers again at 5-6 months old, which is due to the establishment and development of conditioned reflexes and the manifestation of short-term memory in infants.
3. From 7-8 months old, children may perceive a certain object or action multiple times and hear adults say words about that object or action at the same time.
4. From 10-11 months old, infants begin to "understand" the meaning of words and respond to their content. Words begin to become signals, meaning that the second signal children's language or spoken words begin to imitate the sounds of words or language produced by adults.
Children's memory ability is divided into different stages, and if parents can master it, it is believed to be of great help to their baby's development. In addition, different exercise methods can be used for each memory characteristic to make the brain's memory function more powerful. But some parents are eager for success, hoping that their children's memory ability will improve. Transitional training can actually be harmful to babies.
