M3. LTM Types

Question 1

3 Types

Answer 1

episodic, semantic, procedural

Question 2

Episodic

Answer 2

• memories with personal meanings; details to how/when they occurred; associated people/places

Question 3

Semantic

Answer 3

understanding of words, themes and concepts (the world and associated knowledge)

Question 4

Procedural

Answer 4

memories of ‘learned skills’

Question 5

+ Eval: Peterson et al.

Answer 5

• found that semantic memories recalled from left pre-frontal cortex
• episodic memories recalled from right pre-frontal cortex
• shows different types of LTM, AND their different neurological bases, as they’re recalled from different parts of the brain

Question 6

+ Eval: HM and Clive Wearing

Answer 6

• both had impaired episodic memory, but procedural and semantic remained unaffected
• Clive Wearing: could understand the concept of music and play piano (procedural and semantic); but was unable to remember wife visiting him 5 minutes previously (episodic)
• STRONG support for idea that LTM has different stores, as well as localisation of function