Lesson 7 - types of long-term memory

Question 1

what is episodic memory

Answer 1

memory of events
specific details of event, context and emotions felt
stored in hippocampus

Question 2

what is semantic memory

Answer 2

memory for facts and general knowledge
begin as episodic memories and gradually transitions when association to event is generalised
stored in temporal lobe

Question 3

what is procedural memory

Answer 3

concerned with motor skills and actions
acquired through repetition and practice
resistant to forgetting and amnesia
automatic
stored in the cerebellum

Question 4

evaluation of types of long term memory

Answer 4

(+) evidence from amnesia patients - unable to store new episode/semantic but procedural is unaffected
(+) evidence from brain scans - pps recall info, different areas of brain active on fMRI
(+) cases of brain damage - Clive Wearing, viral infection affected hippocampus, no episodic memory, no new semantic but procedural is intact
(-) research is on individual patients, isolated cases, cannot be generalised