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

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

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

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

Sensory memory is one of several memory types that make up your ability to process and recall what you see. Sensory memory is a brief precursor to short-term memory that allows you to process and ...

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 ...

Sensory memories are stored for a few seconds at most. They come from the five senses: hearing, vision, touch, smell, and taste. They are stored only for as long as the sense is being stimulated. They ...