This piece belongs to the series "WBEZ's Clever Apes"

Produced by Gabriel Spitzer, Michael De Bonis, and Cate Cahan

Other pieces by WBEZ

Summary: Our childhood memories may not always be reliable, but they have a lot to teach us about how we think, learn, and build an identity. In this episode, Gabriel Spitzer explores what science has to say about our first memories.