The traditional model of memory proposes that different types of long term memory are processed in separate brain modules.

Source: Genny Anderson/Wikipedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 According to the reigning neuroscientific view, short-term memory is linked to functional changes in existing synapses, while long-term memory is ...

Listen to the first notes of an old, beloved song. Can you name that tune? If you can, congratulations -- it's a triumph of your associative memory, in which one piece of information (the first few ...

Sitting on the Marine Atlantic ferry, I’m watching the Newfoundland skyline disappear on the horizon as I type away. I see the rocking of the ocean waves, inhale its salty breeze, feel and hear the ...