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In this scene from Slumdog Millionaire, the character Jamal Malik is challenged to come up with
the answer to a question on the Indian version of the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
To answer this question, Jamal will have to access his semantic memory, which is his storehouse of
memory for facts. This chapter describes semantic memory and contrasts it with episodic memory,
which is memory for personal experiences.
Long-Term Memory:
Structure
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