<p>While it's true that universal nouns will link mostly to other universal nouns (<em>a tree is a plant</em>), and universal verbs will link mostly to other universal verbs (<em>to climb is to move</em>), it is not necessary that they be in separate memory areas from each other; or even that they be separate from event memory (<em>one cat did climb one tree</em>).  The most efficient memory scheme would minimize the length of all links.  One way would be to store all new memories in a fairly linear structure, and then use an off-line process (sleep) to spread them around to minimize total link lengths {or to optimize lengths around importance of fast access}. </p>

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<p>Is there a relation between "declarative vs. procedural memory" and "substantive vs. verb"?
For example, are substantives (as a kind of information entities) stored in the declarative memory whereas verbs define capabilities/behavior and hence stored in the procedural memory?</p>

<p>Example:</p>

<p>Tree: a substantive, can directly be stored in declarative memory</p>

<p>to climb: a verb, defines a capability/behavior and can be stored in the procedural memory</p>

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# relation of substantive/verb to declarative/procedural memory

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-16)

Is there a relation between "declarative vs. procedural memory" and "substantive vs. verb"?
For example, are substantives (as a kind of information entities) stored in the declarative memory whereas verbs define capabilities/behavior and hence stored in the procedural memory?

Example:

Tree: a substantive, can directly be stored in declarative memory

to climb: a verb, defines a capability/behavior and can be stored in the procedural memory

**Tags:** cognitive-modeling, brain-development, linguistics


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-28. Score: 1

While it's true that universal nouns will link mostly to other universal nouns (*a tree is a plant*), and universal verbs will link mostly to other universal verbs (*to climb is to move*), it is not necessary that they be in separate memory areas from each other; or even that they be separate from event memory (*one cat did climb one tree*). The most efficient memory scheme would minimize the length of all links. One way would be to store all new memories in a fairly linear structure, and then use an off-line process (sleep) to spread them around to minimize total link lengths {or to optimize lengths around importance of fast access}.


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