Memory
Latest about Memory
Declarative Memory: Definitions & Examples
By Kim Ann Zimmermann published
Declarative memory, or explicit memory, consists of facts and events that can be explicitly stored and consciously recalled or "declared."
Semantic Memory: Definition & Examples
By Kim Ann Zimmermann published
Semantic memory is the recollection of nuggets of information we have gathered from the time we are young.
Slicing of the Brain of Patient H.M.
By Bahar Gholipour published
After H.M.'s death in 2008, Jacopo Annese and his colleagues at the Brain Observatory in San Diego dissected his frozen brain into 2,400 thin slices, to learn about his brain lesions.
People Who Don’t Forget Can Still Be Tricked with False Memories (Op-Ed)
By Akshat Rathi published
“Time is the thief of memory,” wrote Stephen King in one of his many books. For some people, however, that is not true.
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