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

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

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.

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.

Scientists from Boston University, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Toronto are advancing a shared idea about how the mind works. They argue that the same brain systems used ...

In a new study Indiana University researchers observed episodic memory in rats to a degree never documented before, suggesting that rats can serve as a model for complex cognitive processes often ...

Congenital aphantasia is considered the inability to consciously generate visual imagery. Although there are early descriptions of this disorder going back to Aristotle, it was not formally described ...