evaluation

• clinical evidence 


  • clive wearing + HM - memory loss is selective

  episodic memory was severely impaired as a consequence of amnesia

  semantic memory relatively unaffected

  procedural memories intact (clive could still play piano, sing and read music)

  as only the episodic memory was affected (damaged)- not ltm as a whole- semantic and procedural were functional, shows that there are different types of ltm and they are stored in different locations
• neuroimaging evidence 


  • tulving 1994

  participants perform various tasks while pet scan

  • hemispheres- episodic recalled right prefrontal cortex, semantic was left prefrontal cortex
  • procedural recalled from cerebellum and basal ganglia
  • strong evidence as it is objective- has factual proof from brain scans
  • pet scans- show brain activation in different areas of brain dependant on the task, therefore showing that they are in different locations
• belleville 2006


  episodic memories are affected amongst older people by mild cognitive impairment, but targeted help improved episodic memory

  trained group vs controlled group- trained participants performed better in a test of episodic memory

  identifying the different types of ltm, helps to treat individuals