Lesson 7 - types of long-term memory Flashcards
what is episodic memory
memory of events
specific details of event, context and emotions felt
stored in hippocampus
what is semantic memory
memory for facts and general knowledge
begin as episodic memories and gradually transitions when association to event is generalised
stored in temporal lobe
what is procedural memory
concerned with motor skills and actions
acquired through repetition and practice
resistant to forgetting and amnesia
automatic
stored in the cerebellum
evaluation of types of long term memory
(+) 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