Declarative memory involves conscious recall of facts and events; nondeclarative memory includes skills and procedures.

• A. Declarative memory involves conscious recall of facts and events; nondeclarative memory includes skills and procedures.
• B. Declarative memory is unconscious; nondeclarative is conscious.
• C. Declarative memory is only about motor skills.
• D. Declarative memory does not involve hippocampus.

Answer: (A)

Declarative memory refers to memories you can consciously recall and describe. It includes two types: semantic memory for facts (like knowing Paris is the capital of France) and episodic memory for personal experiences (like what you did last weekend). Nondeclarative memory, on the other hand, covers skills and procedures you perform automatically or implicitly, such as riding a bicycle, tying your shoes, or learning a motor task without being able to fully verbalize the steps.

So the statement that matches this distinction is the one that says declarative memory involves conscious recall of facts and events, while nondeclarative memory includes skills and procedures. The other ideas mix up conscious access, the kinds of memories involved, or brain involvement: declarative memory is not unconscious, motor skills aren’t all declarative, and the hippocampus is indeed involved in declarative memory formation and retrieval.