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

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.

Semantic memory is a form of long-term memory that comprises a person’s knowledge about the world. Along with episodic memory, it is considered a kind of explicit memory, because a person is ...