Memory of events and experiences in one's own life, e.g. what one had for dinner last night. Stored with reference to contextual information like time and place. Requires conscious effort to recall. Vulnerable to amnesia.
Episodic memory
What one had for dinner last night
Episodic memory
Time-stamped
Requires conscious effort to recall
Vulnerable to amnesia
Flashbulb memories
Autobiographical episodic memories stored in long-term memory, often because they were of emotional or historical significance. Not time-stamped.
Procedural memory
Memory for actions or skills, e.g. riding a bike. Unavailable for conscious inspection, difficult to explain verbally. Less vulnerable to amnesia.
Procedural memory
Riding a bike
Procedural memory
Unavailable for conscious inspection
Difficult to explain verbally
Less vulnerable to amnesia
Semantic memory
Knowledge of facts and information about the world, e.g. meaning of a word, someone's name. Not usually time-stamped. Less vulnerable to distortion and forgetting than episodic memory. Requires deliberate recall.
Semantic memory
Meaning of a word
Remembering someone's name
Semantic memory
Not usually time-stamped
Less vulnerable to distortion and forgetting than episodic memory
