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" Most have no memory of self before their second birthday and, even then, the memories from around that time are fragmented and unconnected. It's not that you have forgotten what it was like to be an infant-- you simply were not 'you' at that age because there was no constructed self, and so you cannot make sense of early experiences in the context of the person to whom those events happened. "

Bruce M. Hood , The Self Illusion: Why There is No 'You' Inside Your Head [Extract]


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Bruce M. Hood quote : Most have no memory of self before their second birthday and, even then, the memories from around that time are fragmented and unconnected. It's not that you have forgotten what it was like to be an infant-- you simply were not 'you' at that age because there was no constructed self, and so you cannot make sense of early experiences in the context of the person to whom those events happened.