The Power of Memory: Understanding Explicit and Implicit Memory

❗️Memory encoding involves transforming thoughts, feelings, or perceptions into long-term memory.

📚Long-term memory is divided into explicit memory (conscious retrieval) and implicit memory (unconscious retrieval).

💡Explicit memory includes semantic memory (facts) and episodic memory (personal experiences).

🤔Implicit memory includes procedural memory (skills) and priming (cue influence).

⚙️Effortful processing strategies like maintenance rehearsal, elaborative rehearsal, and chunking enhance explicit memory creation.

What is explicit memory?

—Explicit memory refers to conscious retrieval of information, including semantic memory (facts) and episodic memory (personal experiences).

What is implicit memory?

—Implicit memory refers to unconscious retrieval of information, including procedural memory (skills) and priming (cue influence).

How do you create explicit memories?

—Creating explicit memories requires effortful processing strategies like maintenance rehearsal, elaborative rehearsal, and chunking.

What is distributed practice?

—Distributed practice involves learning sessions spread out over time with breaks and leads to longer-lasting memories.

What is massed practice?

—Massed practice involves continuous learning sessions with no breaks and is less effective for long-term memory formation.

00:00Encoding refers to the process of transforming thoughts, feelings, or perceptions into long-term memory.

00:15Long-term memory is divided into explicit memory (conscious retrieval) and implicit memory (unconscious retrieval).

00:55Explicit memory includes semantic memory (facts) and episodic memory (personal experiences).

01:08Implicit memory includes procedural memory (skills) and priming (cue influence).

02:55Effortful processing strategies like maintenance rehearsal, elaborative rehearsal, and chunking enhance explicit memory creation.