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Explicit memory

Explicit memory refers to intentional or conscious recollection of information. When we try to remember a name or date we have encountered or learned about previously, we are searching our explicit memory.


Explicit memory is the conscious and explicit recollection of something. This form of memory is usually what is lost in amnesia, unlike implicit memory.

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