episodic memory

noun

1. the recollection of events within their historical setting Compare semantic memory

Example Sentences

"Larger brains might promote better episodic memory, allowing those species to better time tree visits to maximize the amount of ripe fruit encountered," says Hirsch.

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"Acetylcholine signaling is a mechanism to help them encode and remember those events, analogous to 'episodic memory' in humans that allows us to remember events from our past," lead author Hayes explained.

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The former is responsible for emotional and social processing; whereas, the latter controls episodic memory, navigation, and imagining future events.

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This process, which is known as pattern completion, is a fundamental feature of episodic memory.

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There was a statistically significant benefit of multivitamin supplementation for change in episodic memory, but not in executive function/attention.

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