Types of Memory and Memory Processes

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Explicit memory

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Type of memory that is easily described or explained to others, which is why it is also called declarative memory.

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Implicit memory

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Type of memory that is challenging to describe or explain to others. Procedural memory belongs to this long-term memory category.

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Prospective Memory

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Memory related to future actions.

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Long-term potentiation

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Process by which synaptic connections between neurons become stronger with frequent activation

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Working memory

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FKA short-term memory, this type of memory includes the central executive, phonological loop, and visuospatial sketchpad. It process information into long-term memory and is active when we retrieve memories.

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Semantic Memory

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Long-term memory of facts and general knowledge

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Episodic Memory

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Long-term memory of events we have personally lived through and experienced

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Chunking

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Organizing material into more meaningful units in order to recall more information