Types of LTM

Question 1

What types of memory can LTM be divided into?

Answer 1

Episodic
Semantic
Procedural

Question 2

What is episodic memory?

Answer 2

• Declarative
• Memories concerned with personal experiences
• Consist of specific details, context and emotions of the event

Question 3

What is semantic memory?

Answer 3

• Declarative
• Refers to shared memories
• Functions of objects, how to behave, abstract concepts
• e.g Paris is the capital city of France, multiplication and division

Question 4

What is procedural memory?

Answer 4

• Non-declarative
• Memory regarding skills required through repetition or practise
• Thinking too much about these skills can prevent you from performing them fluidly
• e.g tying a shoelace

Question 5

What part of the brain is episodic memory associated with?

Answer 5

Hippocampus
Parts of temporal and frontal lobe

Question 6

What part of the brain is associated with semantic memory?

Answer 6

Temporal lobe

Question 7

What part of the brain is procedural memory associated with?

Answer 7

Cerebellum
Motor cortex

Question 8

What is the case study of Clive Wearing?

Answer 8

• contracted a brain infection in 1985 and was left with a memory span of only 10 seconds
• he was unable to recognise people he had seen or things that has just been said moments earlier
• however, his musical ability was still intact
• he is still able to read music and play the piano, he even once conducted his former choir again
• his procedural memory seemed intact, but his episodic and semantic memory appeared to be lost