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

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Nearly 50 years ago, neuroscientists discovered cells within the brain’s hippocampus that store memories of specific locations. These cells also play an important role in storing ...

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

Nearly 50 years ago, neuroscientists discovered cells within the brain's hippocampus that store memories of specific locations. These cells also play an important role in storing memories of events, ...

Recent research suggests that repeated "replays" of episodic memories—i.e., memories of personal episodes from our past—can help improve our ability to visually distinguish between scenes, faces, and ...

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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 ...

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 ...

When you remember a particular experience, that memory has three critical elements -- what, when, and where. MIT neuroscientists have now identified a brain circuit that processes the "when" and ...