Some people can remember poems they learned in school fifty years ago but continually forget where they put their car keys. While we might think of memory as a giant pool into which we dip for all the information we need--a pool that gradually drains as we get older--researchers have discovered that we may have two types of memory, each performing a different function. One is semantic, or fact, memory and the other is episodic, or event, memory. This paper discusses the two types of memories in semantic and episodic memory. 2 pgs. 1 f/c. 1b.
