long term memory

• What did Tulving (1985) believe about LTM?

  Believed there were 3 LTM stores with different types of information.
• What is Episodic Memory?

  Memory for events from your life
• What do we recall with episodic memory?

  Time, place, people, emotions, and details of events.
• What is Semantic Memory?

  Refers to general world knowledge that humans have accumulated throughout their lives.
• What is Procedural Memory?

  Memory for how to do things, muscle memory.
• Which type of memory or memories are time-stamped?

  Episodic
• Which type of memory or memories are shared?

  Semantic and procedural
• Which type of memory or memories have emotional tone?


  Episodic
• Which type of memory or memories are automatic?

  Procedural
• Which type of memory or memories are explicit?

  Episodic and semantic
• Which type of memory or memories are implicit?

  Procedural
• Which type of memory or memories can be taught?

  Semantic and procedural
• What is the difference between Clive Wearing's episodic and procedural LTM?


  Episodic LTM is impaired, while procedural LTM is intact.
• How do you know Clive Wearing's episodic memory is impaired?

  He couldn't remember his musical education
• How do you know Clive Wearing's procedural memory is in tact?

  He could remember how to play the piano
• What does the evidence from Clive Wearing's case support?

  The claim that different types of LTM are separate.
• What does brain scan studies show about the storage of long-term memories?

  Different types of long-term memories are stored in different parts of the brain.
• What type of memories did Tulving et al. find were recalled from the prefrontal cortex?

  Episodic and semantic memories.
• Where in the brain were episodic memories recalled from?

  Right prefrontal cortex.
• Where in the brain were semantic memories recalled from?

  Left prefrontal cortex.
• What does the brain scan study support about Tulving's claim?

  That episodic and semantic memories are separate.
• What does the evidence from Clive Wearing's case and brain scan studies support?

  The claim that different types of LTM are separate and stored in different parts of the brain.
• What is the real life application of identifying different types of long term memories?

  Improving episodic memory in older people with mild cognitive impairment.
• What did Belleville et al. (2006) demonstrate?

  Improvement of episodic memory in older people with mild cognitive impairment.
• How did the trained participants perform on the test of episodic memory?

  Better than the control group.
• Which type of long term memory is most often affected by mild cognitive impairment?


  Episodic memory.
• Why is identifying types of LTM useful in a real life context?

  To specifically target and improve episodic memory in older people.
• What is the potential benefit of improving episodic memory in older people?


  Improving their quality of life.