LTM - Episodic, Semantic & Procedural

• Types of LTM

  • Declarative memories
  • Procedural memories
• What are Declarative memories

  Explicit memories that can be inspected and recalled consciously
• Types of declarative memory

  • Episodic memory
  • Semantic memory
• What's Episodic memory

  Any events that can be reported from a person's life
• Episodic memory - what does it include?

  • Includes information such as times, places involved
  • It is a type of 'declarative' memory, i.e. it can be explicitly inspected and recalled consciously
• Types of episodic memory

  • Autobiographical episodic memory
  • Experimental episodic memory
• Flashbulb memories

  Detailed autobiographical episodic memories that are stored permanently in LTM when they are first learned, often because they were of emotional or historical importance in that person's life
• What's Semantic memory

  Conscious recall of facts that have meaning, as opposed to the recall of past life events associated with episodic memory
• What's Procedural memory

  Our implicit knowledge of tasks that usually do not require conscious recall to perform them (non-declarative)
• What 3 elements are inluded in the episodic memory?

  • Details of the event
  • The context
  • The emtions experienced
• What part of the brain is Episodic memory associated with?

  Hippocampus
• What part of the brain is associated with Semantic memory?

  Temporal lobe
• What part of the brain is associated with Procedural memory?

  Cerebellum + motor cortex