APA Dictionary of Psychology
sensorimotor memory
- a recollection, commonly of a traumatic experience, that is encoded in terms of sensations and actions rather than verbally. Frequently, it is a memory of an event that occurred during the period of childhood amnesia, which commonly lasts up to the age of 3 years. See also body memory.
- see procedural memory.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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