As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people's powers of recollection, I'm often asked how ...

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in retrieving different types of information, the findings could redefine how memory ...

How does procedural memory work? Scientists describe procedural memory as a kind of non-declarative memory, meaning its memory based on actions, rather than words. This means it can be difficult to ...

Memory essentially operates in three stages, with different brain regions contributing to each one. Sensory memory, which can last only milliseconds, registers raw information such as sights, sounds ...