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.

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

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 ...

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

Your ability to recall the what, when, where, and how of a past experience comes from episodic memory, a type of long-term, explicit memory. Your memory allows you to retain information so you can use ...

There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

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