Thanks to Memory - College of Education and Human Development Thanks to memory Charles Nelson likes to remind us that we wouldn't get far without memory.
Functional memory is absolutely critical to our ability to learn and retain knowledge.
Being deprived of such nutrients may lead to impairment in memory because of damage caused to the regions of the brain that are responsible for how we learn new things. While sophisticated testing has revealed this risk, it hasn't yet translated into functional, observable problems because the infants being followed have only now turned four. Nelson plans to continue following their progress as they enter school. He also will be following the IUGR children to see if subtle memory issues begin to crop up with them as learning tasks become more complicated. The sooner we identify a problem, the sooner and more effectively we can intervene and provide appropriate support for a child.