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 ...

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

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

Sometimes, we search for information in long-term memory and find it—a name, a movie title, or a vivid example to support a general conclusion. Other times, we're unable to recall what we believe we ...

The average human brain weighs about 3 pounds and contains 80 to 100 billion neurons, which are the cells that store information. But how do these cells store information? How do we retrieve that ...

A strong memory sounds like an unmitigated good, but science shows that vivid recall can distort your reality, fuel anxiety ...

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