Types of Long Term Memory

• What is episodic memory?

  An episodic memory is the memory of an event that we experienced.
• What is semantic memory?


  Semantic memory is the memory of facts, definitions, and knowledge that we accumulate over our lifetime.
• What is procedural memory?

  Our memories of how to perform actions and skills are procedural memories.
• What are the three types of long-term memory in Tulving's long-term memory model?

  The three types of long-term memory in Tulving's long-term memory model are episodic memory, semantic memory and procedural memory.
• What is meant by: Declarative memory?


  Memories that we can consciously describe outloud are declarative memories.

  
• What is meant by: Non-declarative memory?

  Memories which can't be consciously recalled out loud and things like knowledge of how to perform skills and actions are non-declarative memories.
• Which two patients had damage to some types of long-term memory, but not others?

  Clive Wearing and Henry Molaison had damage to their episodic memory but not procedural memory.

  
• Which part of the brain is active during episodic memory?

  hippocampus

  
• Which part of the brain is active during semantic memory?

  temporal lobe

  
• Which part of the brain is active during procedural memory?

  cerebellum
• Which researchers claim that semantic memory and episodic memory are not distinct types of memory?

  Squire and Zola suggest that semantic memory and episodic memory aren't distinct types of memory.