U3 AOS2 - DP5: Types of Long-Term Memory Flashcards
(13 cards)
Explicit memory
information that can be consciously retrieved and stated
Different types of explicit memory
semantic and episodic
Semantic memory
memory of knowledge or facts
Episodic memory
memory of personally experienced events
Implicit memory
memory not requiring conscious retrieval
Different types of implicit memory
procedural and classically conditioned
Procedural memory
knowledge of skills, habits or actions.
“How to do…”
Classically conditioned memory
A learned emotional reaction occurs in response to a stimulus or an event that you have formed an association with.
Eg. fears, biological responses (HR, salivation)
Hippocampus
Encodes explicit memory into LTM
Retrieve memories from LTM to STM
Consolidates explicit memories, improving link to storage site of long-term explicit memory
No storage
Amygdala
Implicit emotional memories
Encodes emotional component of a memory from STM to LTM
Involved in processing and regulating emotional reactions
No storage
Neocortex
Different areas store explicit memories
Involved in high- order mental processes such as language, attention and memory
Site of processing, storage and retrieval of explicit memories
Interacts with the hippocampus after the hippocampus has encoded memories
Basal Ganglia
Encodes the gross motor movement of implicit procedural memories.
- Includes voluntary movement
- people with Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease have damage to the basal ganglia
Habituation: Reducing attention to new sensory information overtime
Cerebellum
Encodes and stores:
- implicit procedural memories
- simple reflexes learned through classical conditioning
This is because the cerebellum is involved in posture balance and fine motor movement.
