Memory Systems and Types of Memory

Start with the types of memory

The Memory Concepts and Systems mind map is a useful starting point for exploring this collection. It brings together semantic, episodic, procedural and working memory. Look at the terms on the map and note how each one is presented before moving to a resource with more detail.

The Memory mind map on explicit and implicit memory offers another way into the topic. It connects explicit, or declarative, memory with facts and events, and implicit, or nondeclarative, memory with perceptual and motor skills. A separate Memory mind map also covers declarative and nondeclarative memory, including procedural memory, priming and perceptual learning.

Use flashcards to check your understanding

After looking at a mind map, open the Neurobiology 2 flashcards. They ask what memory is, how it is classified and what working memory is. They also include questions about the time course of working, short-term and long-term memory. Try answering in your own words, then return to a map when you want to review a term.

The Lecture 19 flashcards cover topics including declarative and procedural information, anterograde and retrograde amnesia, and the taxonomy of memory. The Memory flashcards also ask about basic processes of memory and descriptions associated with Hebb.

Connect the resources

The Learning and Memory note brings together memory systems, including semantic memory for facts and episodic memory for events. Use it alongside Memory Concepts and Systems to compare the terms presented in each format. The Learning and Memory mind map also includes short-term and long-term memory.

This topic is one section of the Learning and Memory unit in Neuroscience. Together, the listed resources offer several ways to study memory systems and types of memory within that unit. Choose a resource to explore, then follow a term across the maps, flashcards and note.