3) Types of LTM

Question 1

What are the three type of LTM

Answer 1

Episodic
Semantic
Procedural

Question 2

What is Episodic memory

Answer 2

Episodes in our life, time stamped, conscious effort needed to recall

Question 3

What is Semantic Memory

Answer 3

Knowledge of the world , dictionary and encyclopaedia, not time stamped

Question 4

What is Procedural Memory

Answer 4

Memories for skills and actions, without effort to recall

Question 5

EV of LTM - case study evidence

Answer 5

• Clinical studies of amnesia (both HM and Clive Wearing) showed trouble recalling events from the past - episodic memory
• semantic & procedural memories were relatively uanaffected
• supporting the ideas that there are different memory stores, one can be damaged and another unaffected

Question 6

EV of LTM - conflicting findings about types of LTM and brain areas

Answer 6

• Buckner and Peterson, reviewed findings concluding semantic memory is in left prefrontal cortex and episodic in right side
• but other studies have found semantic memory was associated with the right and left for episodic
• Challenges neurophysiological evidence, poor agreement

Question 7

EV of LTM - aids with memory problems

Answer 7

• Memory loss in old age specific to episodic memory
• Belleville et al devised intervention for older people tageting EM, which improved their memory compared to control group
• enables treatment to be developed