Types Of Long-Term Memory Flashcards
(11 cards)
What is episodic memory?
Memory for events.
There are different types of long-term memory than involve different…
Brain areas.
What is semantic memory?
Memory for general knowledge.
What is procedural memory?
Knowing how to do things.
Long-term memory divides into…
Procedural and Declarative
Why does Tulving argue that episodic and semantic memory are different and separate?
Because unlike episodic, semantic memory is unaffected in amnesiacs.
Gabrielli et al reported that HM was unable to…
Learn new words, such as jacuzzi, showing that amnesiacs do have impaired semantic memory for recently learned information.
What did Shallice et al find?
That semantic recall (left temporal lobe) produces activation in different brain areas to episodic recall (right pre-frontal lobe)
Amnesiacs still have their …………….. memory.
Procedural
What new procedural skill did HM learn?
Mirror writing.
What is a flashbulb memory?
Remembering detail of specific events without rehearsal.
