M: Types Of LTM

Question 1

What are the three types of LTM?

Answer 1

Episodic - personal experiences - explicit (knowing that)

Semantic - facts and knowledge - explicit

Procedural - everyday skills - implicit (knowing how)

Question 2

Where are episodic memories stored?

Answer 2

Hippocampus
Parts of temporal lobe
Frontal lobe

Question 3

Where are semantic memories stored?

Answer 3

Temporal lobe

Question 4

Where are procedural memories stored?

Answer 4

Cerebellum

Question 5

Strength of using brain scans

Answer 5

Scientific, controlled
Reproducible
Not cruel
Objective (not subjective)

Question 6

What type of memory was severely impaired for Clive Wearing and HM?

Answer 6

Episodic

Question 7

How do Clive Wearing and HM support the types of LTM?

Answer 7

Their episodic memory was damaged but their procedural and semantic was still intact
Suggests different types of memory are stored in different parts of the brain

Question 8

Tulving (1994)

Answer 8

Pps. performed various tasks while brains were scanned with PET scanners

Question 9

Tulving (1994)

Answer 9

Pps. performed various tasks while brains were scanned with PET scanners
Dif. types of memory are stored in different parts of the brain

Question 10

Case study
Clive Wearing

Answer 10

Viral infection attacked his brain damaging hippocampus and associated areas
World class musician forgot his musical education but can still play piano brilliantly and conduct a choir
Greets wife as if they haven’t met in years when she leaves the room for a few minutes

Question 11

Belleville (2006)

Answer 11

Demonstrated that episodic memories could be improved in older people with mild cognitive impairment
Benefit of being able to distinguish between types of LTM