types of ltm
episodic, semantic, procedral
- Created by: Humanur
- Created on: 04-06-21 19:59
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- types of long term memory
- semantic
- declarative (consciously recalled) and explicit (can be put into words)
- resistant to forgetting
- not timestamped or autobiographical
- how deeply procesed influences strength
- facts, meanings, knowledge and concepts
- hippocampus
- Viacri et al
- young female patient(cl)
- major limitataions in her episodic memory yet experienced very few difficulties with her semantic memories
- this suggests there are different biological stores for these two types of ltm
- major limitataions in her episodic memory yet experienced very few difficulties with her semantic memories
- young female patient(cl)
- procedral
- not timestamped or autobiographical
- very resistant to forgetting
- how many times practiced influences strength
- non-declarative (can't be consciously recalled), implicit(can't be put into words) memory
- aka muscle memory
- motor complex and cerebellum
- Finke et al
- 68 yr old musician
- even though his semantic and episodic were harmed he could still play music very well
- this suggests that the procedral ltm is locatedd seperately
- even though his semantic and episodic were harmed he could still play music very well
- 68 yr old musician
- episdoic
- declarative (consciously recalled) and explicit (can be put into words)
- timestamped (time and place)
- easiest memory to forget
- level of emotion at time influences strength of emotion
- autobiographical
- the prefrontal cortex of the brain is where the initial coding take place, memories of different parts of the memory are held in different memory stores bought together by the hippocampus when recalled
- memory of experiences and specific events
- Herlitz et al
- 1000 swedish participants
- women consistently outperformed men in episodic memory tasks
- but it wasnt a big difference in semantic memory tasks
- women have better abilities in terms of episodic memory which could be partially explained by women having better verbal abilities
- women consistently outperformed men in episodic memory tasks
- 1000 swedish participants
- evaluation
- limitation: conflicting research findings
- psychologists can't agree on the location of memory store due to conflicting research
- strength: evidence from the famous cases studies (Molaison and Clive)
- counterpoint: lack of control variables
- brain injuries are unexpected therfore the researcher has no knowledge of the participants memory before the accident
- counterpoint: lack of control variables
- strength: real life application
- understanding types of ltm allows psycholgists to help people with memory problems
- Bellevile et al devised an intervention to improve episodic memories in older poeple
- understanding types of ltm allows psycholgists to help people with memory problems
- limitation: conflicting research findings
- semantic
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