Compartion of episodic and semantic memory in memorizers and non-memorizers of the Holy Quran

Aim: The purpose of present study is to compare episodic and semantic memory in memorizers of the Holy Quran¡ memorizing and non-memorizers.
To achieve this aim¡ 90 persons were chosen randomly which include 30 un-memorized(15 men and 15 women) from Azad university of Jahroom¡30 memorizing and 30 memorized of the Quran among the Beit Al-Ahzan Institution of Jahroom. Episodic memory and semantic memory tests were used and statistical analyses were performed by oneanalysis of variance.
Significant differences observed between all groups¡ memorizers in term of episodic and semantic memory as compared with nonmemorizers.
Concluded: The findings revealed that there is a high correlation between episodic and semantic memory and memorizing of Quran improves the performance of episodic and semantic memory.