types of ltm

Cards (3)

  • episodic - memory of events, places, and people in your life, and how you felt about them
    • time stamped (can remember when it happened )
    • detailed
    • conscious effort required for recall
  • semantic - shared knowledge of world (facts and meaning)
    • not time stamped
    • less personal (don‘t remember when learned)
    • conscious effort required more recall
  • procedural - memories of skills and actions
    • can be time stamped
    • no conscious effort required for recall