LTM - Episodic, Semantic & Procedural

Cards (13)

  • 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