episodic memory
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- noun
- /ˌɛpɪˈsɒdɪk ˈmɛməri/
- Specialized
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memoria episódica
- In general, older participants with better episodic memory, working memory, and attention abilities performed better on the comprehension task for the Good Dog Carl and Picnic stories.
You know, I, I have some vague episodic memory of this.
- You know, I, I have some vague episodic memory of this.
Examples
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Whereas episodic memory deals with your memories of past events.
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It becomes an episodic memory that all of us can exactly remember what we were thinking, what we were doing when we saw it.
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To a large extent, surveys of sexual behavior require respondents to tap into episodic memories of prior sexual experiences.
Academic text (2003) -
Episodic memory is cued by time, and semantic memory is cued by "what."
Academic text (1997) -
My episodic memory allows me to vividly recall my family's vacation to the beach last summer.
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During the therapy session, she shared an episodic memory of her childhood birthday party.
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Researchers study episodic memory to understand how people remember personal experiences and their contexts.
Synonyms
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3.8
An event from a person's life that they can remember
How Exact
- Specialized
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116
3.8
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'episodic' (relating to discrete episodes or events) with 'memory' (the ability to store and retrieve information), so its meaning — memory for specific episodes or events — is directly compositional. This construction follows a common adjective+noun pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Episodic memory comes from thinking of life as a series of small episodes—like short scenes or photos of things that happened to you. So episodic memory means remembering those 'specific events' and their details.