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• Types of LTM: Evaluation Points

  • Tulving
  • De Renzi et al
  • Squire and Kendal
  • Heindal
• Types of LTM: Tulving


  Tulving performed brain scans on 6 volunteers and found that when ppts use their episodic memory, their frontal lobe was active and when they use their semantic memory, their back cortex was active. This shows that different types of long-term memory use different stores, which supports the types of LTM.
• Types of LTM: Squire and Kendall


  Squire and Kendall found that the cerebellum is crucial in the early stages of motor skill development, procedural memories. It is necessary for co-ordinating specific movements that help with motor skills. This shows that the cerebellum is responsible for procedural memories.
• Types of LTM: Real World Application

  Research into types of LTM allows psychologists to help people with memory problems. As people age, they experience memory loss which research shows is specific to episodic memory, newer memory. Belleville tried to improve episodic memories of older people through training, who had better recall than a control. Distinguishing between types of LTM allows specific treatments to be developed.
• Types of LTM: Patient HM

  Patient HM had his hippocampus removed and his episodic memory was affected, but not semantic or procedural. This case study provides evidence for different types of LTM, increasing the external validity. However, case studies are not representative of the entire population and therefore findings cannot be generalised. This weakens their application to supporting different types of LTM.