Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

This is another in a series of posts on related challenging topics. You may want to print this post or others in the series (Introduction, Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Six.) Study them, returning to them over time. Review the resources that are embedded within the articles. Keep them handy! They [...]

Welcome to Part Two of our discussion about implicit memories. In Part One we learned that an implicit memory forms early in life prior to the individual having language. Implicit memory systems store emotions, sensory experiences (sounds, smells, etc,) and expectations and assumptions about relationships based on prior experiences. They cannot be recalled but they [...]

“On our trip to Florida, we went whale watching.”
“In first grade, I’ll never forget Jean Marie winning the spelling bee.”
These are declarative or explicit memories—events we can recall. We have a conscious ability to retrieve the memory and state the facts and events.

Nondeclarative or implicit memory operates very differently. Implicit memory systems  store emotions, sensory [...]