Our memory records details and detects patterns in everyday life—often without us even realizing it. Researchers at Lund ...

Does the hippocampus only track location? A new study shows how the brain's memory center shifts activity between anterior and posterior regions to process conceptual vs. spatial discrepancies.

The hippocampus is a crucial part of the brain that plays a role in memory and learning, especially in remembering directions and locations. New research from the University of Chicago shows how this ...

A Lund University study has revealed that the brain can store unique details of events while simultaneously recognizing patterns from past experiences, overturning the belief these processes occur ...

A study from the University of East Anglia is helping scientists better understand how our brains remember past events - and how those memories can change over time. A new paper published today ...

From crosswords to number games, research shows that puzzles do more than pass the time—they actively strengthen memory, sharpen problem-solving, and may even delay cognitive decline. Studies link ...

According to sleep memory theory, dreaming sleep is essential for consolidation of memory. Daydreaming, when we're awake and ...

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, ...

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 ...

A neurologist's Instagram post has popularised a 2019 brain scan study, reigniting a debate that has divided reading circles ...