Procedural Memory

• Procedural memory is implicit, knowing how
• Memory for actions and skills is called procedural memory.
• Procedural memory is not time stamped
• Procedural memory does not have personal memories
• Procedural memories is muscle memory
• The part of the brain responsible for procedural memory is the cerebellum and motor cortex
• Recall for procedural memory occurs without awareness or effort
• A lot of procedural memories are formed early in life
• The memory for actions, or skills, or basically how we do things
• We can recall these memories without conscious awareness or a great deal of effort
• Difficult to explain to someone else
• If you try to describe what you are doing as you drive the car, the task may well become more difficult