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

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Duke University ...

Episodic memory is a type of long-term memory. It helps you remember the time, place, and details surrounding a specific event or experience in your life. For example, remembering what you had for ...

Scientists at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota say they have identified a new type of memory loss. Limbic-predominant amnestic neurodegenerative syndrome, or LANS, affects the brain's limbic system, which ...