Types of long term memory Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 3 types of long term memory?
A
• episodic
• semantic
• procedural
2
Q
What is episodic LTM?
A
memory’s of events - emotional
3
Q
What is semantic LTM?
A
general knowledge
4
Q
What is procedural LTM?
A
skills - e.g., how to ride a bike
5
Q
What did Korsakoff and Corkin do?
A
found patients with damage to hippocampus (ltm) could perform motor/spatial tasks just aswell as a control group of healthy adults
suggests that procedural memory is not associated with the hippocampus
6
Q
What are the strengths of the 3 types of long term memory?
A
• helps effectiveness of helping stroke patients after surgery or injury
• scanning technology shows evidence of types of ltm
• case studies provide insight into problems of partial memory loss
