# Semantic memory might be the context-less version of episodic memory

One of the property of Semantic memory is we could recall a fact, concept, or knowledge without time travel. One way to think about where semantic memory comes from is that they were previously represented as Episodic memory, but over time, the context were removed.

Not all semantic memories are created through episodic memories (I don't understand enough).


# References

Goldstein, Cognitive Psychology (p. 174).

It has been suggested that "semantic memories are created by a process in which episodic memories are being 'stripped' from their original context and become abstracted of 'semanticized' with time and over multiple repetitions" (Often & Lee Shing, 2013, p. 2261).

Goldstein, Cognitive Psychology (p. 180).

Thus, the knowledge that makes up your semantic memories is initially attained through personal experiences that are the basis of episodic memories, but your memory for these experiences often fades, and only semantic memory remains.

Goldstein, Cognitive Psychology (p. 180).

This result illustrates the semanticization of remote memories - loss of episodic detail for memories of long-ago events.