Tulving’s persuasive theory of the two propositional memory types: Episodic and Semantic, have been pivotal in the research and study of Long-Term Memory for over four decades (Brown, Creswell, & Ryan, 2016). Semantic memory provides us with the memory needed for the use of language, whereas episodic memory focuses on the autobiographical events that can be explicitly recalled. There are many differences in these two memory sub-types that further differentiate them from one another. In addition to the differences between these two declarative memory types, we will also discuss the evidence for the distinction between episodic and semantic memory, both behaviorally and with the brain. Episodic memory is a type of memory that is associated
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Semantic memory tends to operate independently of episodic memory, but not vice versa. Episodic memory is not required for memory encoding and the storage of information into semantic memory, however, it may modulate such storage and encoding. Semantic memory usually develops much earlier in childhood than episodic memory. It is often said that children are capable of learning and memorizing facts about the world and the generalized things around them well before they remember critical events of their own past experiences (Robinson-Riegler & Robinson-Riegler, 2017). From a medical standpoint; semantic memory utilizes the medial temporal lobe and diencephalic structures, whereas episodic memory tends to rely on the frontal lobe for …show more content…
It was also discovered that episodic memories result from the important events that have happened in a person’s life. Some of those events are graduations, embarrassing moments, and weddings. These memories are experienced first-hand and are stored in an individual’s episodic memory. Within this paper, we also discussed semantic memory and how it is established through learning. Semantic memory includes concepts of vocabulary, facts, academic skills, and numerical processes. These propositional memory types also use different areas of the brain. Semantic memory tends to utilize the medial temporal lobe and diencephalic structures, whereas episodic memory utilizes the frontal lobe for
Semantic memory tends to operate independently of episodic memory, but not vice versa. Episodic memory is not required for memory encoding and the storage of information into semantic memory, however, it may modulate such storage and encoding. Semantic memory usually develops much earlier in childhood than episodic memory. It is often said that children are capable of learning and memorizing facts about the world and the generalized things around them well before they remember critical events of their own past experiences (Robinson-Riegler & Robinson-Riegler, 2017). From a medical standpoint; semantic memory utilizes the medial temporal lobe and diencephalic structures, whereas episodic memory tends to rely on the frontal lobe for …show more content…
It was also discovered that episodic memories result from the important events that have happened in a person’s life. Some of those events are graduations, embarrassing moments, and weddings. These memories are experienced first-hand and are stored in an individual’s episodic memory. Within this paper, we also discussed semantic memory and how it is established through learning. Semantic memory includes concepts of vocabulary, facts, academic skills, and numerical processes. These propositional memory types also use different areas of the brain. Semantic memory tends to utilize the medial temporal lobe and diencephalic structures, whereas episodic memory utilizes the frontal lobe for