A sense of self-awareness is strongly involved in episodic memory. It’s the feeling of personally remembering.

Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.

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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, according to researchers from the School ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

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New mouse research shows memory endures through a timed handoff: first the hippocampus, then the thalamus, and finally the cortex. People in Denmark 'stunned' by Trump's Greenland comments, former ...

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Swearing to remember, but knowing memories fade, some turn their grief into ink. Part therapy, part tribute, memorial tattoos are common across the military and veteran community, but never alike.

New research reveals a cascade of molecular timers unfolding across the hippocampus, thalamus, and cortex determine whether short-term impressions consolidate into long-term memory, with implications ...

Every day, our brains transform quick impressions, flashes of inspiration, and painful moments into enduring memories that underpin our sense of self and inform how we navigate the world. But how does ...