A long-term memory store for personal events. It includes memories of when the events occurred and of the people, objects, places and behaviours involved. memories from this store have to be retrieved consciously and with effort
Semantic memory
A long-term memory store for our knowledge of the world. This includes facts and our knowledge of what words and concepts mean. these memories usually also need to be recalled deliberately
Procedural memory
Knowledge on how to do things. This includes our memories of learned skills. We usually recall these memories without making a conscious or deliberate effort
evaluation- strength- clinical evidence
Clive Wearing
Episodic memory was impaired as a consequence of amnesia
He had difficulty recalling events that had happened to them in the past
Semantic memories were relatively unaffected
Procedural memory was also intact
Supports Tulving's view that there are different memory stores for LTM
One store can be damaged but other stores are unaffected
evaluation- strength- neuroimaging evidence
evidence from brain scan studies that different types of memories are stored in different parts of the brain
Tulving got their pps to perform various memory tasks
Episodic and semantic- prefrontal cortex
Left prefrontal cortex- semantic
Right prefrontal cortex- episodic
evaluation- strength- real-life application
Belleville et al demonstrated that episodic memories could be improved in older people
