A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.

Traditionally, explicit long-term memory (the intentional, conscious recollection of things and experiences) is divided into ...

Semantic memory is a form of long-term memory that comprises a person’s knowledge about the world. Along with episodic memory, it is considered a kind of explicit memory, because a person is ...

Everyone sees themselves through their own eyes, but our memories shape how we judge the person staring back in the mirror.

New UK research challenges some scientists' fundamental assumptions about how memory works, relying on the entire brain.

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in ...

Episodic memory is a type of long-term memory. It helps you remember the time, place, and details surrounding a specific event or experience in your life. For example, remembering what you had for ...

A new study challenges the long-standing belief that episodic and semantic memory rely on distinct brain systems.

Memory is the way your brain takes in and stores information so you can use it later on. Memories define who you are in a lot of ways. They help you recall things like important dates, facts, and even ...