[unsafecast]

> The best leading theories about infant amnesia is that language IS what causes it. Memories are indexed by different keys until language is developed. Once language comes in, it becomes the only key function for accessing memories, and the ones mapped before language just become unsearchable.

That actually makes a ton of sense. Also a bit eerie to think that my brain holds information that I just can't search for. I wonder if certain triggers could cause that information to surface, since even though our memories are searched through language, maybe there are other 'pathways' that can reach those spots. Kinda like memory that's not mapped in any pages, it's physically there but you can't normally address it.

[deanCommie]

It happens all the time!

Think about all the time you couldn't remember an actor's name, or some detail about a party. But then as soon as someone tells you, or starts telling a story from the party, it all comes flooding back.

[unsafecast]

That's a good point. I wonder what kind of triggers could bring those really old memories back, as simple things like seeing objects/faces from back then don't work.