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Autobiographical memory
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<p>Autobiographical memory (AM) is a <a href="/facts/Memory/zucwQIEX">memory</a> system consisting of episodes recollected from an individual's life, based on a combination of <a href="/facts/Episodic_memory/1QIEM9gQ">episodic</a> (personal experiences and specific objects, people and events experienced at particular time and place) and <a href="/facts/Semantic_memory/NwlHHjHG">semantic</a> (general knowledge and facts about the world) memory.[3] It is thus a type of <a href="/facts/Explicit_memory/vrjuSCDG">explicit memory</a>. </p>