semantic memory
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For many years, episodic and semantic memory have been treated as separate systems, leading researchers to investigate them independently.
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
That suggested they had learned valuable facts—and that their semantic memory was strong.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 18, 2021
In psychology, episodic memory is distinguished from semantic memory.
From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020
If she repeats information ad nauseam—“Bedtime is ten o’clock!”—it sometimes sticks, becoming a new semantic memory.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 23, 2015
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