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

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 retrieving different types of information, according to researchers from the School ...

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

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 ...

You might say you have a "bad memory" because you don't remember what cake you had at your last birthday party or the plot of a movie you watched last month. On the other hand, you might precisely ...

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

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

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in retrieving different types of information, according to researchers from the School ...