Long Term Memory

Question 1

AO3: strength

Answer 1

A strength of the different types of long term memory is that there is neuroimaging evidence to support the notion that there are different types of LTM E.g participants were asked to perform various memory tasks whilst their brains were scanned useg a pet scanner. It was found that episodic memories were associated with the hippocampus whereas procedural memory was associated with the cerebellum and the motor cortex.therefore this supports the different types of LTM because the three different types of LTM were found in different areas of the brain indivating that they are separate

Question 2

AO3 Clive wearing

Answer 2

To further evaluate the different types of long term memory is that it has real life evidence from a case study Clive wearing and he suffered from amnesia in which his episodic memory was damaged as he could not remember some events from his past e.g his musical education However Clive’s procedural memory was till working as he could remember how to play the piano. This supports the idea that there are different types of LTM because if only certain parts of his LTM are damaged this indicates that they are separate

Question 3

Procedural memory

Answer 3

Knowing how to do things
They are non declarative as they do not involve conscious recall
The area of the brain is responsible in Ltm is the cerebellum and motor cortex