163 Implicit Memory: What It Is and Why It Matters

The Place We Find Ourselves

Adam Young

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Memory is the way in which a past experience affects how the mind will function in the present. There are two layers of memory: explicit and implicit. There are two key attributes of implicit memory that are critical to understand. First, implicit memories are created whether you are paying attention or not. In other words, when you were a child, you recorded tons of information about your environment without trying to. It just happened. Because that’s how the brain works. Second, when you recall something that is stored in implicit memory, you do not have the sensation of recall. You don’t have that sense in your body of “I’m thinking back in time and remembering something.” When we leave home and set out into the world, we carry within us a storehouse of implicit memories. And those implicit memories tell us what to expect around every bend.

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Place We Find Ourselves podcast.
0:04.0	I'm Adam Young and today I am going to explain everything I know about implicit memory, at least the key essence of it.
0:13.0	Why? Why? Because implicit memory in so many ways is running your life.
0:24.4	So let's begin by defining memory in general.
0:30.0	And then I'll talk about the two layers of memory, which are explicit memory and implicit memory.
0:30.5	But first, what is memory?
0:32.5	Memory is the way in which a past experience affects how your mind will function in the present,
0:42.3	like this afternoon.
0:44.1	Let me say that again.
0:45.0	Memory is the way in which past experiences affect how your mind will function in the present.
0:55.4	That's the definition given by neuroscientist Dan Siegel,
0:59.3	and I have found that definition of memory to be accurate, practical, and extremely helpful.
1:07.0	The reason it's so important to understand memory is because memory is not primarily about the past.
1:18.3	Memory is about your present.
1:21.5	Like by present, I mean how you are going to experience life later today.
1:32.4	Here's the point. Your memory influences your present day-to-day life in very profound ways. It does more, frankly, than influence it. Memory
1:40.5	shapes your present day-to-day life deeply.
1:45.0	So point number one for today is simply this.
1:49.0	If memory is the way in which past experiences affect how your mind will function later today, wouldn't it be wise to know as much as possible about your past experiences?
2:06.3	Okay, that's point number one.
2:08.0	Point number two, there are two layers of memory.
2:11.2	There is this thing called implicit memory, and then there is the second layer of memory,
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