The Long-Term Memory

Question 1

What are the 3 different types of LTM?

Answer 1

Episodic
Semantic
Procedural

Question 2

What is the episodic memory

Answer 2

we have the ability to remember past experiences from personal lives.
Contain emotions and are EXPLICIT as we have to recall consciously

Question 3

What is the semantic memory?

Answer 3

Ability to recall facts, knowledge which are shared by everyone. Begin as episodic memories but overtime turns into a semantic memory.
EXPLICIT as we have to remember consciously

Question 4

What is the procedural memory?

Answer 4

Ability to recall skills which are done automatically with no little effort.
IMPLICIT as we recall unconsciously therefore can perform other cognitive tasks at the same time

Question 5

Which in the brain area is each memory found?

Answer 5

EPISODIC: hippocampus & temporal lobe
SEMANTIC: temporal lobe
PROCEDURAL: limbic system, cerebellum & basal ganglia