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

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

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

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

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

Memory actually takes many different forms. We know that when we store a memory, we are storing information. But, what that information is and how long we retain it determines what type of memory it ...

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

Researchers have investigated the shared and unique neural processes that underlie different types of long-term memory: general semantic, personal semantic and episodic memory. Long-term memory can be ...

A person’s memory is a sea of images and other sensory impressions, facts and meanings, echoes of past feelings, and ingrained codes for how to behave—a diverse well of information. Naturally, there ...