The widespread belief that a person’s memory deteriorates as one approaches old age is not completely true as researchers have now found that while the capacity to recall specific facts deteriorates ...

Figure 1: The declarative versus nondeclarative memory account. In this Perspective, I review data showing that different types of memory are not solely distinguishable on the basis of consciousness ...

Semantic memory refers to a portion of long-term memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not drawn from personal experience. Semantic memory includes things that are common knowledge, such ...

Scientists have debunked the belief that one loses memory as he/she ages. Researchers believe that although there is memory loss, it s partial as only the ability to recall specific facts declines ...

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, ...

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, ...

Dr Ali Boyle is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method. She works in the philosophy of science. Most of her research is about comparative ...

Memory is the process of absorbing information around us, processing it, storing it and then later recalling and retrieving that information. Our ability to remember and to recall our past is what ...

Memory is a complex and marvellous system of the brain that underpins how you learn, what you know about yourself and the world around you, even how you move. Understanding memory is fundamental to ...