Different types of memory

• How long do long-term memories (LTM) typically last?

  A week, month, year, or lifetime
• How many types of long-term memory (LTM) are there?

  Three
• What type of long-term memory involves memory for events from your life?

  Episodic memory
• What type of long-term memory is about what things mean?

  Semantic memory
• What type of long-term memory involves memory of how to do things?

  Procedural memory
• Why do we struggle to consciously explain procedural memories?

  Because these skills are implicit
• What are episodic and semantic memories collectively called?

  Declarative memories
• Why are episodic and semantic memories called declarative memories?

  Because they need conscious recall
• What is procedural memory called because it doesn’t need conscious recall?

  Non-declarative
• How do brain scans support the idea of different types of LTM?

  They show different types relate to different locations
• Where is episodic memory found in the brain?

  Right prefrontal cortex
• If brain scans reveal activity in the right prefrontal cortex during memory recall, which type of LTM is likely being used?

  Episodic memory
• How do case studies of amnesic patients support the idea of different types of LTM?

  Patients lose some LTM types, but not others
• Which type of memory did Clive Wearing largely lose?

  Episodic memory
• What skill did Clive Wearing retain despite his memory loss?

  Playing the piano
• What is a weakness of the idea that there are distinctive types of LTM?

  They are difficult to separate
• Why might having separate types of LTM be an oversimplification?

  Memories are usually a mixture of types