Episodic Memory

• What is episodic memory?

  Our ability to recall events from our lives. It has been likened to a diary, a record of daily personal experiences.
• One example of an episodic memory

  The last time you rode a bike
• Episodic Memories are:

  • Declarative
  • Time-stamped
  • Recalled consciously (explicit)
  • Autobiographical
  • Easiest to forget
  • Level of emotion felt at the time influences strength
  • First coding in prefrontal cortex. Stored across brain connected by hippocampi