| Chapter 6: Episodic Memory Implicit memory: memory retrieval happens automatically; pay attention to present task. Explicit memory: initiate memory retrieval conscoiusly; pay attention to the past. Episodic memory: autobiographical memories associated with specific time and place. Semantic memory: general, conceptual knowledge. Distinction comes from different traditions Episodic memory comes from learning tradition Semantic memory comes from remembering tradition Differences found in brain activations may reflect more the strategies used to retrieved memories than their place of storage. |
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