Hippocampus Activity in Remember-Know Judgments

Hippocampus activity in remember-know judgments helps researchers compare recollection and familiarity in memory. Recollection means an item is remembered with details about when it was learned or encoded. Familiarity means an item feels remembered, but without those surrounding details.

Memory s...

Our experience of memory is varied and complex. Sometimes we can remember events in vivid detail, while other times we may only have a vague sense of familiarity.

The first type, a recollected memory, is one that is remembered with strong details about the time at which it was learned?such as a dining experience the previous evening, where...