A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.

New UK research challenges some scientists' fundamental assumptions about how memory works, relying on the entire brain.

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

Though we learn so much during our first years of life, we can’t, as adults, remember specific events from that time. Researchers have long believed we don’t hold onto these experiences because the ...

Recalling vivid past events, like a first day at school or a significant childhood conversation, signals robust memory ...

While memories may fade with time, the explanations people give for why they remember an event remain surprisingly stable and reliable, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.