+ support for distinction between implicit and explicit from patient HM - sever epilepsy, removed hippocampus, LTM remained intact however unable to transfer certain types of info to LTM
could learn implicit tasks not explicit
+ patient PM - amnesia as a result of a virus, implicit memory affected but procedural was intact
Episodic memory
explicit
personal experiences
located in hippocampus
Semantic memory
Explicit
knowledge
temporal lobe
Procedural memory
Implicit
performed tasks or skills
cerebellum and motor cortex
LTM support - brain scans
Brain scans - different parts of the brain are active when processing episodic, santic and procedural memory
LTM support - Patient HM
Suffered severe epilepsy and underwent surgery which involved the removal of his hippocampus. His stm remained in tact but he was unable to tramsfet info to his ltm.
was able to learn procedural tasks but not semantic or episodic
LTM support - Patient PM
SEverett amnesia as a result of a virus
episodic and semantic was effected but procedural remained in tact
LTM support - real world applications
Belleville - compared performance of older people suffering with mild cognitive impairment who tevieved memory training with that of a control group who didn’t.
participants in experimental group performed better on a test of episodic memory. being able to identify different types of LTM allows psychologisys to improve people’s lives through appropriate treatment
