Author: Irene Caselli

How the things we don’t remember shape us just as much as those we do

Posted on 11/12/201910/19/2022 by Irene Caselli

Aged 12, Maryam Zaree discovered she had been born in one of Iran’s most notorious prisons. I spoke to her about her new documentary, Born in Evin, which explores childhood memory and trauma.

Doing the laundry

Posted on 11/05/201906/14/2021 by Irene Caselli

A laundromat may not be your ideal location to spend a Saturday afternoon. Even less so if you are out

What’s in a name?

Posted on 10/29/201906/14/2021 by Irene Caselli

“Is this a girl?” An elderly lady, seeing my baby, asked my husband and me this question as we were

Children are a quarter of the world’s population. Imagine urban planning from their point of view

Posted on 10/23/201906/14/2021 by Irene Caselli

What are your best memories of playing as a child? What were you doing? Were there any adults with you?

Fathering

Posted on 10/22/201902/10/2023 by Irene Caselli

This weekend I met up with my parents and it surprised me that they both congratulated Nacho, my husband, for

Bouncing around

Posted on 10/15/201903/31/2022 by Irene Caselli

As I walked around the outskirts of Stockholm this week, I noticed tonnes of trampolines: it seemed like every other

Why can’t we remember our earliest years?

Posted on 10/08/201903/31/2022 by Irene Caselli

When it comes to remembering our childhood, scientific research still leaves us with more questions than answers.

Laughter in the children’s hospital

Posted on 10/08/201903/31/2022 by Irene Caselli

Hello from Sweden, where autumn is already turning the leaves red and the rose hips are getting ripe! One of

Callout: Share your earliest memories with me

Posted on 10/01/201903/31/2022 by Irene Caselli

In the first series on my beat, the First 1,000 Days, I will be digging into memory-making. You can help

Eat, play, love: Just how much are you shaped by your first 1,000 days of life?

Posted on 09/30/201906/15/2021 by Irene Caselli

Neuroscience has identified this period – from conception, through nine months of pregnancy, plus two years – as critical for brain development, but it also matters in so many other ways.