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

A sense of self-awareness is strongly involved in episodic memory. It’s the feeling of personally remembering.

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

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

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

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

Recent research suggests that repeated "replays" of episodic memories—i.e., memories of personal episodes from our past—can help improve our ability to visually distinguish between scenes, faces, and ...

There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

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 ...

Your implicit memory helps you remember how to do things without consciously thinking about it. It includes skills and habits, like how to ride a bike and how to get around your house. It also ...