Types Of LTM AO3

• Brain scans


  • Support the idea that there are different types of long-term memory (LTM)
  • Brain activity has been measured in response to a task
  • Episodic and semantic memories seem to be located in different parts of the prefrontal cortex
  • Procedural memories seem to be associated with the cerebellum and motor cortex
• Research disagrees as to which sides of the prefrontal cortex episodic and semantic memories are located
• Tulving - Episodic memory


  A specialised subcategory of semantic memory, and episodic memory can't function if semantic doesn't
• Not all psychologists agree with Tulving's view on episodic and semantic memory
• Case studies


  • HM could learn procedural tasks but not new episodic or semantic information after a brain operation
• Some people with Alzheimer's could form new episodic memories but not semantic, however they did have an abnormal condition so evidence is still a bit mixed
• Belleville's research


  • Able to identify types of LTM
  • Used this to give memory training to older people with mild cognitive impairment
  • The trained group performed better in memory tests than a control group
• Belleville's research suggests that knowledge of LTM types could be used to improve people's lives