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   Semantic memory

   Semantic memory refers to the memory of meanings, understandings, and other concept-based knowledge unrelated to specific experiences. The conscious recollection of factual information and general knowledge about the world, generally thought to be independent of context and personal relevance.
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   Episodic memory

   Semantic memory, on the other hand, can take into consideration multiple exposures to each referent - the semantic representation is updated on each exposure.
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   Memory

   Thus, retrospective memory as a category includes semantic memory and episodic/autobiographical memory.
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   Anterograde amnesia

   However, this study and others like it are susceptible to subjectivity, since it is not always clear to distinguish between episodic and semantic memory.
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   Semantic dementia

   Semantic dementia (SD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of semantic memory in both the verbal and non-verbal domains.
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   Declarative memory

   Some people believe that episodic memory and semantic memory are really just one type of memory.
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   Explicit memory

   However, some scientists suggest that episodic memory might be dependent on the right hemisphere, and semantic memory on the left hemisphere.
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   Semantics

   In psychology, semantic memory is memory for meaning, in other words, the aspect of memory that preserves only the gist, the general significance, of remembered experience, while episodic memory is memory for the ephemeral details, the individual features, or the unique particulars of experience.
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   Long-term memory

   Semantic memory refers to knowledge about the external world, such as the function of a pencil.
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    Memory and aging

    Studies comparing the effects of aging on episodic memory, semantic memory, short-term memory and priming find that episodic memory is especially impaired in normal aging (Nilsson, 2003).

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Semantic memory,
• Episodic memory,
• Memory,
• Anterograde amnesia,
• Semantic dementia,
• Declarative memory,
• Explicit memory,
• Semantics,
• Long-term memory,
• Memory and aging