Memory can be broken down into multiple types, including long-term memory, short-term memory, explicit and implicit memory, and working memory. Memory is a process in your brain that enables you to ...

Rather than holding information in specific areas of the brain, our memories are represented by the connections between neurons, called synapses. According to a recent study from the Salk Institute in ...

The Key Finding: Disrupting short-term memory formation did not block long-term memory The research team focused on a specific enzyme in neurons called CaMKII, which is critical for short-term memory ...