types of long term memory

• What is semantic memory?

  A long-term memory store for knowledge of the world, including facts and meanings of words and concepts.
• How is semantic memory different from episodic memory?

  Semantic memory includes facts and knowledge, while episodic memory involves personal events and experiences.
• What is procedural memory?

  Knowledge of how to do things, including memory of learned skills.
• How does procedural memory differ from semantic memory?

  Procedural memory allows recall without conscious effort, while semantic memory requires deliberate recall.
• What does episodic memory include?

  Personal events, episodes in our lives, and memories of when events occurred and people involved.
• How is episodic memory retrieved?

  Episodic memory must be retrieved consciously and is time stamped.
• What are the memory impairments of Clive Wearing?

  Clive Wearing has impaired episodic memory but intact semantic and procedural memory.
• What does Tulving et al. link to the left prefrontal cortex?

  Encoding of episodic memories.
• What does Tulving et al. link to the right prefrontal cortex?

  Retrieval of episodic memories.
• What are the strengths of understanding types of long-term memory (LTM)?

  • Real-life application: Helps people with memory problems, especially episodic memory loss.
  • Clinical evidence: Case studies like HM and Clive Wearing show episodic memory impairment due to brain damage.
• What are the weaknesses of the types of long-term memory theory?

  • Conflicting neuroimaging evidence: Different studies show varying locations for semantic and episodic memory.
  • Poor agreement on neurophysiological evidence supporting types of memory.
• What is Tulving's current suggestion regarding episodic and semantic memory?

  Tulving suggests that episodic memory is a subcategory of semantic memory.
• How do people with amnesia typically function regarding semantic and episodic memory?

  People with amnesia often have functioning semantic memory but damaged episodic memory.