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 ...

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 ...

UCLA neuroscientists reported Monday that they have transferred a memory from one animal to another via injections of RNA, a startling result that challenges the widely held view of where and how ...

Stress and changes in routine often contribute to these lapses I have been studying the brain and memory since 1980, but I was baffled when a news reporter asked me in 2004 how parents can forget that ...