What is in long term memory?

• What does semantic memory contain?

  Shared knowledge of the world
• What types of knowledge does semantic memory remember?

  Tastes, applications, and dinner choices
• How does semantic memory relate to words?

  It remembers the meanings of words
• Are memories in semantic memory time stamped?

  No, they are not time stamped
• What type of knowledge is stored in semantic memory?

  Knowledge that isn't personal and is factual
• How does semantic memory compare to episodic memory in terms of vulnerability?

  Less vulnerable to distortion than episodic memory
• What is episodic memory?

  Ability to recall personal life events
• What characterizes episodic memories?

  They are time stamped
• What types of events can be recalled through episodic memory?

  Parties and recent dentist trips
• What effort is required to remember episodic memories?

  A conscious effort to remember them
• What are the key elements included in episodic memories?

  • Places
  • People
  • Objects
  • Sensations
• What is procedural memory?

  Our memory for actions or skills based on how we do things. Does not need conscious effort to recall
• What is episodic memory?

  A long-term memory store for personal events
• What does episodic memory include?

  Memories of events, people, and places
• How are memories from episodic memory retrieved?

  Consciously and with effort
• What is semantic memory?

  A long-term memory store for knowledge
• What does semantic memory include?

  Facts and meanings of words and concepts
• How are memories from semantic memory usually recalled?

  Deliberately
• What is procedural memory?

  A long-term memory store for skills
• What does procedural memory include?

  Memories of learned skills
• How do we usually recall procedural memories?

  Without conscious or deliberate effort
• What are the three types of long-term memory stores?

  • Episodic memory: personal events
  • Semantic memory: knowledge and facts
  • Procedural memory: skills and how to do things
• Where is semantic memory stored

  Left prefrontal cortex
• Where is episodic memory stored

  Right prefrontal cortex
• Where is procedural memory stored

  Cerebellum and basal ganglia