There is considerable evidence in the literature showing that memory is not a unitary entity. A distinction is made between declarative or explicit memory and non-declarative or implicit memory. Post a maximum of four lines of a question about this topic.

Implicit memory and explicit memory are both types of long-term memory. Information that you remember unconsciously and effortlessly is known as implicit memory, while information that you have to consciously work to remember is known as explicit memory. Doing something like remembering how to ride a bike or read a book relies on implicit memory, while consciously recalling items on your to-do list involves the use of explicit memory.

Step-by-step explanation

Explicit and implicit memory play important roles in shaping your ability to recall information and interact in your environment.1 Knowing some of the major differences between the two is important for understanding how memory works. People often focus more on the topic of explicit memory, but researchers are becoming increasingly interested in how implicit memory works and how it influences knowledge and behavior..

Information that people don't purposely try to remember is stored in implicit memory, which is also sometimes referred to as unconscious memory or automatic memory. This kind of memory is both unconscious and unintentional.
 

Implicit memory is also sometimes referred to as nondeclarative memory since you are not able to consciously bring it into awareness.

Where explicit memories are conscious and can be verbally explained, implicit memories are usually non-conscious and not verbally articulated. Implicit memories are often procedural and focused on the step-by-step processes that must be performed in order to complete a task. 

 Some examples of implicit memory may include:

• Knowing how to use utensils and dress yourself each day
• Navigating a familiar area such as your house or neighborhood
• Recalling how to boil water to fix dinner, or drive a car
• Remembering the words to a popular song after hearing the first few notes.
•   Some examples of explicit memory 
• All of the items on your shopping list
• Birth dates of friends and family members
• Important events from your life such as your school graduation, wedding, or another notable milestone
• Names and locations of different countries on a map.
• Hippocampus & Memory
  
  The hippocampus is the main area which works mainly on the explicit memory and has no such role in the implicit memory.