Psychology GCSE
Episodic memory
What Episodic memory means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Records personal events tied to a time and place, such as remembering your first day at a new school.
Recalling personally experienced events, which is linked to the frontal lobes.
Topics that use Episodic memory
- Brain and neuropsychology (AQA GCSE)
- Memory (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Semantic memory
- Autonomic control of involuntary function
- Autonomic control of involuntary responses
- Behaviour
- Capacity
- Central versus peripheral roles
- Choosing a scanning technique for a purpose
- Classifying examples by content
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