Figure 2. Explicit memory referes to conscious
recollection of facts and events and depends on the
integrity of limbic/diencephalic structures.
Implicit memory refers to a heterogeneous
collection of abilities. In the case of implicit
memory, experience alters behavior nonconsciously
without providing access to any memory content.
Reprinted with permission from L.R. Squire and
M. Zola-Morgan, "The medial temporal lobe memory system.
" Science 1991; 253:1380�1386. Copyright 1991 Amercian
Association for the Advancement of Science.