Memory: Types of long term memory

Question 1

What are the three types of LTM?

Answer 1

• Semantic
• Episodic
• Procedural

Question 2

What is semantic memory?

Answer 2

Declarative or Explicit memory

Question 3

What is episodic memory?

Answer 3

Declarative or Explicit memory:

Question 4

What is procedural memory?

Answer 4

Non- declarative or Implicit

Question 5

What are some examples of semantic memory?

Answer 5

Facts
Meanings

Question 6

What are some examples of episodic memory?

Answer 6

Memories about experiences and specific events

Question 7

What are some examples of procedural memory?

Answer 7

Muscle memory

Question 8

What is AO3 research evidence for types of long term memory?

Answer 8

Vargha-Khadem et al (1997)

1. Investigated 3 young patients who had damage to their hippocampus but avoided significant damage to their nearby parahippocampal cortices.
2. It was found that all 3 had very significant episodic amnesia, but were all able to to attend school, speak and learn and recall factual(semantic) information at an ability level just below their age
3. This suggest that semantic memory is less dependant on the hippocampus than episodic memory and so is biological evidence that semantic and episodic memories are distinct processes using different using different brain regions