From Knowing to Remembering: The Semantic–Episodic Distinction

Strong parallels exist between the theoretical frameworks underpinning retrieval of episodic and semantic information, including the proposal that both involve reinstatement or reactivation of neural representations of online experience. Activity of some, or possibly all, regions belonging to the ‘core recollection’ network may support the reinstatement of semantic processes engaged during an experience, rather than processes linked to episodic...