Long Term Memory

• Episodic memory is a type of explicit memory, such as those of childhood experiences. These memories have very specific details on context, emotions etc.

  Episodic memories are associated with hippocampus
• Semantic memory is a type of explicit memory, which includes knowledge, facts, concepts and meaning. They start off as episodic memories, and are generally considered stronger. Semantic memories are associated with the temporal lobe
• Procedural memory is a type of implicit memory, which includes memory of performed tasks or skills.
• Procedural memories are associated with the cerebellum and motor cortex.
• Brain scans support types of memory, as they have shown the specific areas associated with them.
• Further support for the distinction of implicit and explicit memory comes from a separate case study of PM (Finke et al 2012). PM was a cellist who suffered from amnesia. Explicit memory affected, but procedural in tact.