Semantic memory is a form of long-term memory that comprises a person’s knowledge about the world. Along with episodic memory, it is considered a kind of explicit memory, because a person is ...

The vast potential of the human brain becomes especially clear in the domain of memory. The most captivating instances of superior memory ability may be few and far between—the savant who memorizes a ...

We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare ...

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 ...