Types of Long-Term Memory

• State the 3 types of LTM

  Episodic, semantic and procedural
• Define semantic memory

  Memory for facts and knowledge shared by everyone
• Define procedural memory

  Memory for actions, tasks and skills
• Define episodic memory

  Memory for personal events in an individual's life
• Which type of LTM is time-stamped?

  Episodic memory
• Give one difference between episodic memory and procedural memory

  x Episodic memory is explicit x Procedural is implicit
• Give one similarity between episodic memory and semantic memory

  They are both explicit
• Being able to recall that you need a sharpener to sharpen your pencil - which type of LTM is this?

  Semantic
• Recalling the first time you rode a bike - which type of memory is this?

  Episodic
• Which brain-damaged patient shows support for the different types of LTM?

  Clive Wearing
• Describe and explain why Clive Wearing shows evidence for the different types of LTM?

  x Viral infection led to amnesia due to damage to his hippocampus and associated areas x He was a world class musician x Lost his episodic memory --> no memory of his wedding, cannot remember his musical education x Procedural memory still intact --> can still play the piano