Types Of LTM Case Studys

Question 1

Strength neurological evidence

Answer 1

Nueroimaging evidence to support there are diffrent types of LTM

Eg ppts asked to perform diffrent task under PET scanner

Found that episodic memory was associated with hipposcampus

And procedural memory is associated with the cerebellum and motor cortex

Supports because 3 different types of LTM found in different area of the brain indicate that they are separate

Question 2

Strength Clive wearing

Answer 2

Case study of Clive wearing who suffers from amnesia and episodic memory was damaged

As he could not remember some events from his past eg hi musical education
However , producedral memory was still working as he could still remember how to play the piano

Supporting that there are diffrent types of LTM as certain parts of LTM memory were damaged indicating they are seperate

Question 3

Weakeness

Answer 3

Case study of clive wearing was criticised for low population validity

Was a case study of only 1 ppt who suffers from an unusual illness

Difficult to generalise to wider population as their LTM may operate differently

Limiting the support that the research provides for different types of LTM