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Describe Non-Declarative and Declarative Memory and Its Subsystems (Semantic and Episodic

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Describe non-declarative and declarative memory and its subsystems (semantic and episodic memory). Provide examples of each and briefly explain what is known about the areas of the brain most heavily involved in these two major types of memory.


Definitions:

Videotape

A magnetic tape used for storing visual and audio information, historically used before digital recording became mainstream.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older memories hinder the recall of newer memories.

Retroactive Interference

A cognitive event where recent information hampers the retrieval of older information that was learned earlier.

Encoding Specificity

The principle that the recall of information is improved when the contexts present at encoding and retrieval are similar.

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