procedural memory
(psychology) The memory of motor, perceptual, and cognitive skills.
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(psychology) The memory of motor, perceptual, and cognitive skills.
Procedural memory, also known as
As compared with declarative memory, it is governed by different mechanisms and different brain circuits. Procedural memory is often not easily verbalized, but can be used without consciously thinking about it; procedural memory can reflect simple stimulus-response pairing or more extensive patterns learned over time. In contrast, declarative memory can generally be put into words. Examples of procedural learning are learning to ride a bike, learning to touch type, learning to play a musical instrument or learning to swim. Procedural memory can be very durable.
In cognitive psychology, the term procedural knowledge denotes knowledge of how
to accomplish a task, and often pertains to knowledge which unlike
Studies of people with certain brain injuries (such as damage to the
Damage to the cerebellum and the
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