Episodic reminiscence is the reminiscence of the time, place and emotional state of occasions that you simply skilled. The formation of episodic recollections is intently tied to the hippocampus. Without the hippocampus, you wouldn’t be capable to bear in mind occasions that you simply skilled, though you may nonetheless be capable to use procedural reminiscence to study new duties.

It is believed that the hippocampus shops episodic recollections for a short while, after which they’re consolidated into the cortex. Many researchers consider that episodic recollections are remodeled into semantic recollections over time. This would clarify why previous recollections are sometimes recalled as a sort of pre-written story as an alternative of as a reminiscence of the particular occasion.