Explicit memory
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Explicit memory consists of information stored and retrieved explicitly from the external world. This information is about a specific event that has occurred at a specific time and place. Associations are done with previously related stimuli or experiences in the formation, storage and subsequent retrieval of these memories.
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Explicit memory involves conscious recollection, compared with implicit memory which involves a lack of conscious awareness in the act of recollection.