Long-term memory of specific experiences or events, linked to time and place. (207, 568)
the subsystem of declarative memory that contains memories of personal experiences tied to particular times and places. (280)
Memory for particular events in one's own life (e.g., I missed the train this morning). See also generic memory.
Memory for events that take place at a specific time or place. (See Semantic Memory)
Memory for one's personal past experiences. go to glossary index
(ep?¯-sod-ik) Memory for specific experiences that can be defined in terms of time and space.
A proposed memory system which contains a record of personal events.
memory for episodes in your own life
Memory of events or episodes that one experienced personally at a particular time and place.
Memory involving location that is stored through the hippocampus.
Autobiographical memory; a memory for particular past events.
Conscious memory for what happened, where. Sometimes called "autobiographical memory."
memories of a single event, and part of declarative memory
Episodic memory, or autobiographical memory, is the explicit memory of events. It includes time, place, and associated emotions (which affect the quality of the memorization). Episodic memory contrasts and interacts with semantic memory, the memory of facts and concepts. Episodic memories can be likened to written stories.
Ability to recollect episodes of one's own earlier life ( Ch. 29).
A type of memory that stores facts about personal episodes. The fact or episode is encoded with respect to the memorizer, and often with respect to the specific time and place as well. See also semantic memory.
Episodic memory, a sub-category of declarative memory, is the recollection of events. It includes time, place, and associated emotions (which affect the quality of the memorization). Autobiographical memory is a sub-category of episodic memory.