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procedural memory CONCEPT
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memory for how to do things; procedural memories are automatically retrieved and utilized for the execution of the step-by-step procedures involved in both cognitive and motor skills.

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Asserted relationships to other concepts

procedural memory
is a kind of
  • nondeclarative memory
    • procedural memory
    is a part of
    No associations
    are a kind of
    procedural memory
    No associations
    are a part of
    procedural memory
    No associations

    Tasks that are asserted to measure procedural memory

    Task Contrast Measure
    action observation task
    • standard deviation from the mean accuracy score
    action imitation task
    • immediate accuracy minus delayed accuracy
    sequence recall/learning
    • accuracy of participant minus average accuracy of controls
    • accuracy with learning minus accuracy without learning/practice
    motor sequencing task
    • longest correct sequence of controls minus longest correct sequence of subject
    • accuracy of participant minus average accuracy of controls

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