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 ...

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

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

A European study led by Umea University Professor Lars Nyberg, has shown that the dopamine D2 receptor is linked to the long-term episodic memory, which function often reduces with age and due to ...

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