types of LTM

• Tulving - MSM view of LTM was too simplistic.
• Procedural memory - 'knowing how'

  • responsible for knowing how to do things
  • memory of motor skills, riding a bike
  • Non- declarative as do not involve conscious recall
  • Area of brain is the cerebellum and motor cortex.
• Semantic memory - 'knowing that'

  • responsible for storing knowledge about the world.
  • such as meaning of words, and general knowledge of facts such as London is the capital of England
  • Is declarative as they do involve conscious recall
  • These memories are not 'time stamped' - don't remember when and where we first learn information.
  • Area responsible for this is temporal lobe
• Episodic memory

  • responsible for storing information about events e.g. first day of school
  • declarative as do involve conscious recall
  • They are 'time stamped'- we remember when and where we learned these memories
  • Area responsible is the hippocampus.