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

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

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, ...

In a new study Indiana University researchers observed episodic memory in rats to a degree never documented before, ...

Episodic memory is a form of long-term memory that captures the details of past events that one has personally experienced. Along with semantic memory, it is considered a kind of explicit memory, ...

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

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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 ...