Types of long term memory

• what is episodic long term memory 


  Recall episodes from life when and what happened remember people places objects e.g. el triple sleepover
• what is semantic long term memory


  shared knowledge of world- word meaning film plot food taste - based on fact > dont remember when learnt
• what is procedural long term memory 


  actions and skills - how to breathe and walk > recall ability without much effort
• what is a strength of long term memory 


  research support: clive Wearing and HM brain damage patient > only parts of brain damaged some stores still work which proves not all stored same place and is seperate
• what is a strength of long term memory 


  real world application: understanding LTM allows psychologists to help memory loss victims. dimensia is episodic > bellevill trained people to be better at episodic memory recall > understanding leads to specific treatments to be developed