declarative memory
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- noun
- /dɪˈklɛrətɪv ˈmɛməri/
- Specialized
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memoria declarativa
- These two have been linked to traditional memory components, with procedural memory supporting syntactic processes and declarative memory supporting lexical storage (Ullman, 2001).
Examples
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Wm3c4 erased declarative memory, while leaving procedural memory alone.
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The hippocampus is at the core of what is known as declarative memory—memory of facts and events that can be recalled later for conscious reflection.
Academic text (2010) -
This area operates prior to the analysis of meaning and prior to the involvement of the hippocampal complex that is responsible for explicit/declarative memory (Squire, 1994; Squire and Zola-Morgan, 1991).
Academic text (1997) -
Our declarative memory helps us remember key events in history, like the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Students frequently use their declarative memory to recall important information during tests and quizzes.
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Improving our declarative memory can enhance our knowledge retention from lectures and discussions.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a type of memory that can be consciously recalled' is directly derivable from combining 'declarative' (relating to stating or declaring, i.e. explicit) with 'memory' (the capacity to store and retrieve information). This is a compositional, technical label commonly used across languages in psychology, so a learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Declarative memory comes from the word 'declare', which means to say or state something, and from the idea of a declarative sentence that simply states a fact. So declarative memory is the part of memory that holds things you can say or tell—'facts' and events you can consciously remember.