SO IS YOURS TRUE OR FALSE?

UNDER TWO (PROBABLY FALSE)

Riding in a pram: 2 per cent of study participants claim they remembered lying in a pram, cot or pushchair

Family: 30 per cent believe they can recall family memories at this age, starting the recollection with a sentence such as: ‘My parents were going on holiday and me and my elder sister...’

Feeling sad: 18 per cent of respondents recalled an upsetting time

OVER TWO (PROBABLY TRUE)

A toy: 20 per cent said they remembered toys, for example saying: ‘My uncle had bought me a Looby Loo doll.’

Birth of a sibling: 16 per cent had memories such as ‘the arrival of my baby brother’.

Home: 16 per cent recalled their childhood home, for example, saying: ‘The front door opened directly into the kitchen.’

School: 1 per cent could recall memories such as their first day at school

Crying: 11 per cent recollected meltdowns – for example, ‘I remember crying hysterically.’

Holidays: 11 per cent had memories such as ‘travelling to a holiday camp in Sussex’.