Sir Paul McCartney‘s claim that he can remember being born may be extraordinary, but scientists say it is almost certainly impossible.
The Beatles legend recently revealed that he remembers hearing forceps clanging during his own delivery and even recalled the doctor’s unusual hairstyle.
However, memory researchers say the human brain is simply not equipped to store autobiographical memories from birth.
The phenomenon is known as ‘infantile amnesia’, a well-established quirk of memory that leaves most adults unable to recall events from their first few years of life.
Experts say that adults rarely remember events that occurred before the age of three and often have
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