Memory types include sensory (brief perception storage), short-term (temporary holding of info), and long-term, which splits into explicit (conscious) and implicit (unconscious).

Memory can be broken down into multiple types, including long-term memory, short-term memory, explicit and implicit memory, and working memory.

Researchers have investigated the shared and unique neural processes that underlie different types of long-term memory: general semantic, personal semantic and episodic memory.

Researchers from the University of Ottawa investigating the shared and unique neural processes that underlie different types of long-term memory have found these all use the same network of the ...

Explicit Memory: Explicit memory, or declarative memory, is a type of long-term memory requiring conscious thought. It’s what most people have in mind when they think of a memory.

The term describes long-term memory for how to do things, both physical and mental, and is involved in the process of learning skills—from the basic ones people take for granted to those that ...

Short-term memory is what enables us to remember something we just heard, like a phone number. Long-term memory: This type of memory refers to longer-term storage.

When people lack visual imagination, this is known as aphantasia. Researchers investigated how the lack of mental imagery affects long-term memory. They were able to show that changes in two ...