Declarative Memory

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Declarative Memory

Basic Characteristics

  • Description

Declarative memory is an aspect of human memory that stores facts, or explicit memories. Declarative memories are known as declarative memories because they are conscious memories that can be mentally and physically declared or discussed. Memories are encoded through conscious learning and can often be learned quickly, through a single trial. There are two types of memories which occur under declarative memory semantic memory and episodic memory. Semantic memory is known as factual knowledge that is independent of time and place. And episodic memory is theoretical knowledge of a specific moment in time or in a specific place, often called a personal experience. Declarative memory uses the medial temporal lobes, and research has found an especially strong connection with declarative memory and the hippocampus. Declarative memory also uses related areas in the cerebral cortex of the brain. Deficits in declarative memory are associated with various mental illnesses including Alzheimer’s disease and Bipolar Disorder.

  • History
  • References

Tulving and Markowitsch, 1998. Episodic and declarative memory: role of the hippocampus. PMID 9662134

Eichenbaum, 2006. Remembering: functional organization of the declarative memory system. PMID 16920614

Ogren et al, 2008. The role of 5-HT(1A) receptors in learning and memory. PMID 18394726

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