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

Using matched tasks and fMRI, researchers found no difference in brain activity during successful episodic and semantic retrieval. The results show overlapping neural systems support both memory types ...

Our episodic memory – the ability to recall past events and experiences – is known to decline as we age. Exactly how and why ...

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

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

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

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.

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

Researchers in Canada reported in Neurology that transdermal estradiol improved episodic memory scores in postmenopausal ...

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, ...