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Kids and Memory: What Do Babies Remember?

It's a lot more than you think. Heather Turgeon on new research that says our earliest days stay with us for life—and influence everything from our well-being to our favorite smells.

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Henry Molaison, known to the world as H.M., has been called the most important patient in the history of brain science. In 1953, doctors removed two slivers of tissue from deep in his brain to treat severe seizures.

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