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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April 29th 2024

multifactorial model

a model of inheritance positing that the genetic and environmental causes of a trait constitute a single continuous variable, the liability, and that if that liability is exceeded, the trait will manifest itself.