>> Hulk experiences the world more through feelings than through thoughts. He relates strongly to the senses of smell/taste and touch, both of which Bruce has articulated in canon. So when I write Hulk, I tend to focus on that. He tends to live in the 'now' for the most part, sometimes recalling the past, rarely considering the future. That's why his stories tend to be written in present tense.

Therefore, Hulk has only a vague sense of sequence, and tends to lump things into past/present/future. Past has very broad markers like "when Mommy was alive" and "before/after lab accident" and "before/after team." So Hulk could take a given memory and categorize it based on those, but would have a really hard time taking even three or four memories and putting them in correct chronological order unless they were very widely separated or deeply important. <<

So, if one had to put an "age" to Hulk-- something in the 9months to 18month range for NT children? Interacting with the world, some knowledge of cause and effect, lots of emotions and easily overwhelmed by stimuli like noise or light, etc.?

Jay-hos-e-PHAT!

Either Hulk "slipped" down to the age where he felt strongest and safest, or they SPLIT at that age.

Brian Banner didn't get half the kicking around that he deserved, to paraphrase R. A. Heinlein.