M - Long Term Memory types

Question 1

what are episodic memories

Answer 1

• memories of personal experiences e.g. wedding day
• they include details of the event, context and emotion
• requires conscious recall and is time-stamped
• explicit
• in the hippocampus

Question 2

what are semantic memories

Answer 2

• memories of knowledge, facts and concepts
• they are not time stamped
• explicit
• in the temporal lobes

Question 3

what are procedural memories

Answer 3

• memory of how to perform certain tasks
• do not require conscious recall
• implicit
• in the cerebellum and motor cortex

Question 4

AO3: brain scans provide…

Answer 4

• supporting evidence for different types of LTM
• during brain scans we can see which part of the brain is active when using a certain type of memory

Question 5

AO3; support with the case study of Clive Wearing

Answer 5

• he had moment to moment memory
• but could clearly remember his wife
• he had procedural memories of how to play the piano
• shows that the idfferent types of LTM are associated with difference areas