Declarative and procedural memory

Declarative and procedural memory

1. Squire proposed 2 separate LTM systems

   • Declarative knowledge corresponds to knowing that
     • Cohen described DK being represented in a system in which
       • Info first processed/encoded. Then stored in explicitly accessible form. Then retrieved uupon demand.
   • Procedural knowledge corresponds to knowing how
     • Cohen described PK as being involved when experience serves to influence the organisation of processes that guide performance without access to knowledge that underlies performance

2. According to Squire, it is failure of the declarative system that produces the deficits observed in amnesiac memory performance

3. The continued operation of procedural memory explains the learning they are able to exhibit