semantic memory
Britishnoun
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By combining task based experiments with fMRI data, the team found no measurable difference in brain activity between successful episodic and semantic memory retrieval.
From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026
A semantic memory can be recalled as though it were episodic and vice versa, in degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
To find out how cuttlefish memory might change over time, researchers first tested their semantic memory, or their recall of facts.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 18, 2021
In psychology, episodic memory is distinguished from semantic memory.
From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020
Many other activities that psychologists have categorized as “motor skills” require more elaborate use of semantic memory: a tennis player must remember what a backhand and a ball toss are.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 23, 2015
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