Your implicit memory helps you remember how to do things without consciously thinking about it. It includes skills and habits, like how to ride a bike and how to get around your house. It also ...

Memory can be broken down into multiple types, including long-term memory, short-term memory, explicit and implicit memory, and working memory. Memory is a process in your brain that enables you to ...

A person’s memory is a sea of images and other sensory impressions, facts and meanings, echoes of past feelings, and ingrained codes for how to behave—a diverse well of information. Naturally, there ...

When we talk to friends and family about our common past, we sometimes discover discrepancies in memory. But that doesn’t mean memory is unreliable. These discrepancies mainly illustrate differences ...

In this Review, we outline evidence supporting the concept of evolving knowledge through a process of memory triage that first identifies which memories should go through sleep-dependent memory ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.: What kinds of memory lapses are part of normal aging, and which are cause for concern? Aaron Philip Nelson, Ph.D.: All of our bodily systems acquire some "wear and tear" as part of ...