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, ...

Scientists continue to illuminate the many ways exercise can positively influence brain health by examining its effects on the many forms of cognitive function, and the latest places a spotlight on ...

A study published today in the journal Science Advances found that mundane memories get extra sticking power in the brain if ...

We review some of our recent research using functional neuroimaging to investigate neural activity supporting the encoding and retrieval of episodic memories, that is, memories for unique events.

Researchers sought to find a non-pharmaceutical approach to improving episodic memory in late adulthood—and while their meta-analysis, which looked at 36 studies totaling 2,750 participant, was in no ...

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 ...

People produce more episodic details when imagining future events and solving means-end problems after receiving an episodic-specificity induction—brief training in recollecting details of a recent ...

Have you ever looked at your dog or cat and wondered whether it can remember that you recently rewarded or scolded them — and when that happened? Indiana University neuroscientists have discovered ...

A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology reveals that cue saliency significantly outperforms episodic future thinking (EFT) in improving prospective memory (PM) in ...