types of LTM A03

Question 1

AO3

Answer 1

Clive Wearing showed difficulty recalling past events but procedural and semantic unaffected
play piano (procedural) but can’t recall events

brain scan studies
Memory tasks with PET scanner on
Episodic + semantic memories in prefrontal cortex
semantic in left
episodic right

improve people’s lives
episodic memories can be improved with older people w/ mild cognitive impairments
allows development of treatment

case studies cannot be generalised
lack population validity