Long term memory
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- Created on: 06-05-18 09:36
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- Long term memory
- Episodic
- Explicitly inspected and recalled consciously.
- Refers to any event that can be reported from the person's life = personal experiences. e.g. The death of a relative
- Strength of memory depends on the strength of the emotions experienced when the memory was coded
- Autobiographical = memories of specific episodes of one's life
- Experimental = When the learning of a fact has been associated with a memory of a specific episode of a persons life where it was learnt.
- Brain region = Hippocampus
- Semantic
- Explictly inspected and recalled conciously
- Memory of knowledge, facts, concepts and meaning. e.g. knowing the capital city of a certain country
- Brain region = Temporal lobe
- Procedural
- Implicit knowledge recalled unconsciously
- Physical tasks/skill based tasks e.g riding a bike
- Mostly formed in early life, acquired through repetition and practice
- Brain region = Cerebellum and motor cortex
- Episodic
- Explicit = Declarative, easy to explain in words, available for conscious recall
- Implicit = Non-declarative, difficult to explain in words, difficult to be consciously recalled
- Evaluation
- H.M supports this theory as he showed the hippocampus was responsible for episodic memory. After damage, he could not form new memories,
- He could learn new skills. Shows procedural is a separate component.
- Long term memory
- Episodic
- Explicitly inspected and recalled consciously.
- Refers to any event that can be reported from the person's life = personal experiences. e.g. The death of a relative
- Strength of memory depends on the strength of the emotions experienced when the memory was coded
- Autobiographical = memories of specific episodes of one's life
- Experimental = When the learning of a fact has been associated with a memory of a specific episode of a persons life where it was learnt.
- Brain region = Hippocampus
- Semantic
- Explictly inspected and recalled conciously
- Memory of knowledge, facts, concepts and meaning. e.g. knowing the capital city of a certain country
- Brain region = Temporal lobe
- Procedural
- Implicit knowledge recalled unconsciously
- Physical tasks/skill based tasks e.g riding a bike
- Mostly formed in early life, acquired through repetition and practice
- Brain region = Cerebellum and motor cortex
- Episodic
- Brain scans provide support for the distinction of different types of LTM
- Different areas are active while accessing the 3 types. Research into this supports LTM being made up of 3 stores at least
- H.M supports this theory as he showed the hippocampus was responsible for episodic memory. After damage, he could not form new memories,
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