Types of LTM

• What are the 3 types of LTM?

  • Episodic memory (time-stamped events)
  • Semantic memory (general world knowledge)
  • Procedural memory (non-declarative, skills)
• What does the case study of Corkin show about LTM?

  Case study of HM where he was trained to track a line on a rotating disc. He had no memory of the training sessions (episodic impairment) but he improved in the task each time (Procedural still intact)
• What are the strengths and limitations of the types of LTM?

  • Tulving’s PET Scanner showed evidence of separate LTM stores
  • Real life application - can help patients with amnesia
• Who proposed the different types of LTM?

  Tulving
• What are the limitations of the types of LTM?

  Tulving now thinks that episodic and semantic are separate