long term memory

• episodic


  • memories from life
  • stories / events
• semantic


  • knowledge of the world
• procedural 


  • actions / skills
  • how to do things
• eval - negatives


  • lack of control when dealing with people with brain damage (case studies)
  • Tulving suggested there may only be two types of LTM
• eval - positive


  • case study support - clive wearing (had no damage to semantic memory)
  • real life application - therapists can use it to target certain parts of LTM