AO1 - Types of Long Term Memory

• Procedural Memory - 'knowing how'

  • responsible for knowing how to do things, e.g. memory of motor skills, such as riding a bike
  • procedural memories are non-declarative as they do not involve conscious recall
  • areas of the brain responsible for procedural memories is the Cerebellum and Motor Cortex
• Semantic Memory - 'knowing that'

  • responsible for storing knowledge about the world, e.g. general knowledge facts like London is the capital of England as well as knowledge about the meaning of words such as 'love'
  • semantic memories are declarative as they involve conscious recall
  • semantic memories are not time stamped
  • the area of the brain responsible for semantic memories is the Temporal Lobe
• Episodic Memory - events

  • responsible for storing information about events, e.g. our first day at school
  • episodic memories are declarative as they involve conscious recall
  • episodic memories are time stamped
  • area of the brain responsible for episodic memories is the Hippocampus