Overview

The popular taxonomy of long-term memory in psychology and neuroscience involves a primary division into two forms:

  • Declarative memory: verbalizable and explicit;
  • Nondeclarative memory: implicit, nondiscursive, and automatic.

Declarative, or [[Squire’s taxonomy of long-term memory|expliSquire’s taxonomy of long-term memory

  • Episodic memory stores knowledge of the world as an autobiographical representation

Non-declarative, or implicit, memory involves facts and associations which are retrieved through performance:

Episodic memories are a type of explicit memory which involve a complete representation of a personally experienced event, including the event’s what, where, and when.