Types of Long Term Memory

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  • Created on: 02-02-21 11:14
What area of the brain is the Semantic memory associated with?
The temporal lobe
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What type of information is stored in the Semantic Memory?
Factual Knowledge
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What type of memory do semantic memories usually start as?
Episodic memories
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What does the Semantic Memory learn?
Objects functions and appropriate behaviours for specific situations.
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What area of the brain is the Episodic memory associated with?
The hippocampus
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What type of information is stored in the Episodic Memory?
Personal events
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What details about the events are stored in the Episodic Memory?
Context, specific details and emotions regarding the event.
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Is Episodic Memory declarative?
Yes
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Is Semantic memory declarative?
Yes
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What area of the brain is the Procedural memory associated with?
Cerebellum and the motor cortex
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What type of information is stored in the Procedural Memory?
Memory of how to do things/fine motor skills
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Why is Procedural Memory implicit?
Implicit as we are unaware of how we know how to do things
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How does the case study of Clive Wearing support the different types of long term memory?
His partial memory loss shows that LTM is not unitary
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How does brain scanning support the theory of different types of long term memory?
Brain Scans have shown different areas of the brain are active when different types of LTM are active, - Episodic = Hippocampus
- Semantic = Temporal Lobe
- Procedural = Cerebellum/Motor cortex
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How does the case study of Clive Wearing show a distinction between declarative and procedural memory?
- Clive's procedural memories were all intact, however his episodic memories (which are declarative) were damaged
- Shows that procedural and declarative memories are different
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What indicates that episodic memories might be a gateway to to semantic memories?
Researchers found a double dissociation between episodic and semantic memory.
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What shows evidence that there might be a fourth type of LTM?
- Spiers studied 147 patients with amnesia
- In all cases their procedural memories and PRSs were fine
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What is PRS and priming?
PRSs = memories relating to priming; priming= how implicit memories affect peoples responses to stimuli
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