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A type of declarative memory that involves the recall of semantic meaning, as opposed to events per se.

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Is there a specific term for the notion of storing "algorithms" in human memory?

It seems to me that there is a pretty sharp distinction between storing a "fact" like "Chickens are birds" and storing an algorithm or routine like "how to multiply two 3-digit numbers". I find the la …