Types of LTM

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Created on: 27-02-22 20:49

Episodic memory

Episodic memory is about knowing that. This is more about your personal experiences, and how they made you feel.

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Semantic memory

These memories are also knowing that but knowing pieces of information rather than how you felt.

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Prosedural

these memories mean that you know how to do something

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Evidence from brain scans

Episodic memories are associated with the hippocampus and the temporal lobe. The temporal lobe flares up when episodic memories are being used

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Problems with evidence from patients with brain-damage

It is difficult to reach a firm conclusion by studying brain damaged patients. The difficulty with studies of amnesiacs, is that it is difficult to be certain of the exact parts of the brain that have been affected until a patient has died.

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Distinguish episodic and semantic memories

Researchers have sought to examine the relationship between episodic and semantic memories by studying new patients with Alzheimer’s disease and found some patients have the ability to retain semantic memories and not episodic.

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These memories are also knowing that but knowing pieces of information rather than how you felt.

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Prosedural

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Evidence from brain scans

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Problems with evidence from patients with brain-damage

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Types of LTM