A01

• State the three types of LTM

  1. Episodic

  2. Semantic

  3. Procedural
• Define semantic memory

  Memory for facts and knowledge shared by everyone.
• Define procedural memory

  Memory for actions, tasks and skills.
• Define episodic memory

  Memory for personal events in an individual's life.
• State which type of LTM is time-stamped

  Episodic memory
• Outline one difference between episodic memory and procedural memory

  Episodic memory is explicit, whereas procedural memory is implicit.
• State one similarity between episodic memory and semantic memory

  They are both explicit
• State which type of LTM is required when you are recalling that you need a sharpener to sharpen a pencil

  Semantic
• State which type of LTM is required when you are recalling the first time you rode a bike

  Episodic
• State and describe the case study of a brain-damaged patient that shows support and evidence for the different types of LTM

  Clive Wearing:

  - Was at the height of his career as a world class musician and conductor when he contracted a viral infection

  - The virus attacked his central nervous system which led to total amnesia due to damage to his hippocampus and associated areas

  - He is unable to store new memories

  - He lost his episodic memory -> no memory of his wedding, cannot remember his musical education

  - His procedural memory is still intact -> can still play the piano
• What is implicit memory?

  Not available for conscious inspection
• What is explicit memory?

  Available for conscious inspection