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procedural memory

procedural memory

long-term memory for the skills involved in particular tasks. Procedural memory is demonstrated by skilled performance and is often separate from the ability to verbalize this knowledge (see declarative memory). Knowing how to type or skate, for example, requires procedural memory. Also called sensorimotor memory.

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