semantic memory

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Introduction

Semantic memory may or may not be abstracted from episodic memory. Episodic memory is associated with remembering, semantic memory with knowing. The relationship between remembering & knowing is embeddedness: remembering always implies knowing, whereas knowing does not imply remembering.

Examples of semantic memory:

  • knowing that grass is green
  • knowing the color of your 1st car
  • knowing how many days there are in a year

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