Psychologyspeaking topic
Semantic and episodic memory: is 'Paris is the capital of France' stored in a different system than 'I went to Paris last summer'? Are knowing and remembering different things?
— Tulving, semantic vs episodic memory
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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