Types of LTM

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    • What type of LTM stores memories of motor skills and physical tasks?
      Procedural LTM
    • Memories of past personal events and experiences are stored in episodic LTM.
    • Semantic LTM stores memories of facts and general world knowledge.
    • What part of Clive Wearing's brain was primarily damaged by herpes encephalitis?
      Hippocampus
    • Clive Wearing's case suggests that procedural LTM exists as its own separate store.
    • What did Tulving use in his research to measure brain activity while thinking of episodic and semantic memories?
      Radioactive gold
    • Tulving's research suggests that episodic and semantic memories are stored in the same location in the brain.
      False
    • Semantic LTM is described as declarative because its contents can be explained.
    • Where is procedural LTM located in the brain?
      Cerebellum
    • What distinguishes episodic LTM from semantic LTM in terms of content?
      Personal vs shared knowledge
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