"Episodic memory is the memory of everyday events (such as times, location geography, associated emotions, and other contextual information) that can be explicitly stated or conjured."
Memory for specific events or experiences.
Encoding: The process of transforming sensory information into a form that can be stored in memory.
Retrieval: The process of accessing stored memories from the past.
Consolidation: The process of stabilizing and strengthening newly acquired memories.
Long-term memory: A type of memory that stores information over long periods of time.
Working memory: A type of memory that allows us to hold and manipulate information in our minds for short periods of time.
Attention: The ability to selectively focus on certain stimuli while ignoring others, which is crucial for encoding and retrieval.
Emotion: The role of emotions in the formation, retention, and retrieval of episodic memories.
Sleep: The importance of sleep in consolidation and long-term storage of episodic memories.
Hippocampus: A brain structure critical for the formation and retrieval of episodic memories.
context-dependent memory: The idea that memory is stronger when tested in the same physical or emotional environment in which it was learned.
Trauma: How trauma can affect the formation and retrieval of episodic memories.
Aging: How memory changes as we age, and the effects of age-related changes on episodic memory.
Brain damage: How damage to the brain can affect different aspects of episodic memory, such as retrieval or consolidation.
False memories: How memories can be distorted, and what factors contribute to false memories.
Development: How episodic memory develops in childhood, and the factors that influence its development.
Autobiographical memory: The memories that make up our personal histories, and how they are stored and retrieved.
Schema: How pre-existing knowledge and expectations can influence the encoding and retrieval of episodic memories.
Attentional bias: How our attentional focus can influence the encoding and retrieval of episodic memories.
Memory strategies: Techniques for improving the formation and retrieval of episodic memories, such as rehearsal or elaboration.
Autobiographical memory: It is a type of episodic memory that pertains to personal experiences, self-knowledge, and life events. These memories are more detailed and contextual than other episodic memories.
Flashbulb memory: This refers to an unusually vivid and detailed memory of a significant and emotionally arousing event, such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy or the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Semantic memory: It is a type of memory that pertains to general knowledge and facts, such as language, geography, history or artistic expressions. Semantic memory is usually not associated with a specific time or place, but instead, has a broader context.
Spatial memory: This refers to the memory that helps an individual to navigate through space and remember his/her surrounding environment. It includes location memory, direction memory, and spatial orientation memory.
Prospective memory: This type of memory pertains to the ability to remember to carry out planned activities in the future. It requires a task that is planned ahead, sometimes even years in advance.
Time-based prospective memory: This refers to the memory required to carry out a planned activity at a specific time in the future, such as taking medication or attending a meeting.
Event-based prospective memory: This refers to the memory required to carry out a planned activity in response to a specific stimulus or event, such as buying groceries after seeing a commercial.
Source memory: It is the ability to recall where the information came from, such as from personal experience, memory or external factors, like books or websites.
Episodic future thinking: This refers to the ability to imagine or anticipate future events in a specific context and recall the details of a hypothetical event.
"One of the main components of episodic memory is the process of recollection, which elicits the retrieval of contextual information pertaining to a specific event or experience that has occurred."
"The term 'episodic memory' was coined by Endel Tulving in 1972."
"The term 'episodic memory' was coined by Endel Tulving in 1972, referring to the distinction between knowing and remembering: knowing is factual recollection (semantic) whereas remembering is a feeling that is located in the past (episodic)."
"Along with semantic memory, it comprises the category of explicit memory, one of the two major divisions of long-term memory (the other being implicit memory)."
"Tulving seminally defined three key properties of episodic memory recollection as: a subjective sense of time (or mental time travel), connection to the self, and autonoetic consciousness."
"Autonoetic consciousness is a special kind of consciousness that accompanies the act of remembering, which enables an individual to be aware of the self in a subjective time."
"Events that are recorded into episodic memory may trigger episodic learning, i.e. a change in behavior that occurs as a result of an event."
"Events that are recorded into episodic memory may trigger episodic learning, i.e. a change in behavior that occurs as a result of an event, such as a fear of dogs after being bitten by a dog."
"Others named additional aspects of recollection, including visual imagery, narrative structure, retrieval of semantic information, and feelings of familiarity."
"It is the collection of past personal experiences that occurred at particular times and places."
"Along with semantic memory, it comprises the category of explicit memory, one of the two major divisions of long-term memory."
"One of the main components of episodic memory is the process of recollection, which elicits the retrieval of contextual information pertaining to a specific event or experience that has occurred."
"Episodic memory is the memory of everyday events (such as times, location geography, associated emotions, and other contextual information) that can be explicitly stated or conjured."
"Knowing is factual recollection (semantic) whereas remembering is a feeling that is located in the past (episodic)."
"Others named additional aspects of recollection, including visual imagery, narrative structure, retrieval of semantic information, and feelings of familiarity."
"Connection to the self is one of the key properties of episodic memory recollection, along with autonoetic consciousness."
"One of the main components of episodic memory is the process of recollection, which elicits the retrieval of contextual information pertaining to a specific event or experience that has occurred."
"Events that are recorded into episodic memory may trigger episodic learning, i.e. a change in behavior that occurs as a result of an event."
"The term 'episodic memory' was coined by Endel Tulving in 1972."