PSY260H1 Chapter : Skill Memory
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Is memory for things we do and how to do them. Skill: ability you can improve over time through practice. Skill memories are long lasting and improved by experience. They can"t always be verbalized and are retrieved and encoded without conscious awareness. Episodic and semantic memory depends on procedural memory even though procedural memory does not rely on either of the other two. Can be acquired without awareness has consciously accessible content. Requires several repetitions can be acquired in one exposure. There are two basic skill memories: perceptual-motor skills and cognitive skills. These are learned movement patterns guided by sensory input. There are two types; open skills or closed skills. Closed skills consist of reiterating patterns of pre-defined and consistent movement like you see in ballet. While open skills are skills that require responding based on predictions about the changing demands of the environment (hockey, soccer, etc).
