Why Do We Remember things From Our Childhood?

[robvalue]

My memory is really weird since I got ME. My long term memory is nearly as good as before, but my short term memory is awful. I can forget something someone said to me 5 seconds ago, and not even realize there was anything to forget.

I also find it interesting to see how accurate my memory is. For an example, I used to play Street Fighter 2 all the time for years. A while after I finally stopped playing it, I had in my head what the music was like for various stages. I would hum it myself or even play it on the piano. Then my brother would say to me, "That bit's wrong!" I'd be like, "No way man! I know this fucking tune inside out!" It was clear as day in my head, I was convinced I was right.

Multiple times, I was not right. My brother had caught me out, my memory had got distorted. I had changed parts of the tunes, cut bits out, swapped orders, all kinds of things. When I went back and listened to the tunes from the game, they actually sounded wrong. My brain was protesting, saying, "Nah man, what's up here? They don't go like this!" But this was the actual game, there was no argueing with it.