Procedural Memory

Definition

Procedural memory is a part of the long-term memory responsible for knowing how to do things, also known as motor skills.

Related terms

Implicit Memory:

This refers to unconscious memories which we may not recall deliberately but express in other ways such as improved performance on tasks.

Motor Skill Learning: This involves learning to perform physical actions with precision often through repetition until it becomes second nature.

Habituation:

A form of learning in which an organism decreases or ceases its responses to a stimulus after repeated presentations.