Cultural Differences

The childhood amnesia between cultures such as Korean, New Zealander and American person differences in the age, such as Koreans at 4 years old, New Zealanders at 2.5, and Americans generally at 3.5 years old, researchers have found that in average age of first memories, it varies between the ages of two years between different cultures. This is due to the culture the child is raised in and the customs their parents have, since if the parents discuss it or don’t discuss the events in the child’s life the better or the worse the child will remember these events, and the societies vary in the way they talk about their children, making it easier or harder for the child to remember the events of his or her childhood. The more the independent the customs and the country the harder it will be for it to remember earlier childhood events and the more countries that focus on individual personal history have earlier childhood memories.