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'''Declarative memory''' is the aspect of human [[memory]] that stores [[fact]]s and [[experience]]s. It is so called because it refers to memories that can be consciously discussed, or ''declared.'' It applies to standard [[textbook]] [[learning]] and [[knowledge]], as well memories that can be 'travelled back to' in one's '[[mind's eye]]'. It is contrasted with [[procedural memory]], which applies to skills. Declarative memory is subject to [[forgetting]], but frequently-accessed memories can last indefinitely. Declarative memories are best established by using [[active recall]] combined with [[mnemonic techniques]] and [[spaced repetition]].
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==Types of declarative memory==
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There are two types of declarative memory:
;[[Episodic memory]]: Event memory; memory of a specific moment in time and place
;[[Semantic memory]]: Fact knowledge independent of time- and place- context


Some people believe that episodic memory and semantic memory are really just one type of memory. However, most believe they are quite different, and indeed distinct.

==Neuropsychology==
Physically speaking, declarative memory requires the medial temporal lobe, especially the [[hippocampus]] and related areas of the [[cerebral cortex]]. The famous amnesiac [[H.M.]] had great medial temporal structure damage and primarily declarative impairment.

==See also==

* [[Propositional knowledge]]
* [[Procedural memory]]

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