Alessandro is an 80-year-old man. He seems to have little memory of his wedding, anniversary celebrations, his children's birthd
ays, and their graduation ceremonies. However, he explicitly remembers all the details about the Second World War. It is evident that Alessandro has suffered losses in his ________ memory.
Episodic memory: In psychology, the term "episodic memory" is described as an individual's memory related to day-to-day events, for example, associated emotions, times, contextual phenomena including where, why, who, what knowledge and location geography etc. that can be stored by him or her explicitly or in conjured form. Episodic memory is referred to as the collection of an individual's past & personal experiences that has happened at a specific place and time.
In the question above, Alessandro has suffered losses in his episodic memory.