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What are the types of declarative memory?There are two types of declarative memory: episodic memory and semantic memory. As shown below, episodic memory stores personal experiences and semantic memory stores information about facts.
What type of memory is only available for a fraction of a second?Sensory Memory - Duration is only a fraction of a second. Also called the Sensory Register. See page 197. An “Icon” is a mental representation of a visual stimulus that is held briefly in sensory memory.
What is the brief memory of something a person has heard?Auditory stimuli are received by the ear one at a time before they can be processed and understood. It can be said that the echoic memory is conceptually like a "holding tank", where a sound is unprocessed (or held back) until the following sound is heard, and only then can it be made meaningful.
What is semantic memory?Semantic memory refers to the memory of meaning, understanding, general knowledge about the world, and other concept-based knowledge unrelated to specific experiences.
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