LT2 - Types of LTM

LT2 - Types of LTM

1. AO1

   • Tulving - 3 Separate LTM stores
     • Episodic
       • Events/Episodes
       • T.C.C
         • Time-stamped
           • Complex
             • Conscious Effort
             • Details
               • People, season, weather, emotions, what happened after/before
           • When event occurred
     • Semantic
       • Facts/Info
         • G.V.N.C.
           • General Facts
             • Vast Capacity
               • Not-Timestamped
                 • Cannot remember when we learned these memories
                 • Concious effort required
               • Potentially limited
                 • We can keep adding to it 'til our death
             • Combination of dictionary & Encyclopedia
             • Language, facts, info
     • Procedural
       • Skills/Actions/Procedures
         • A.S.D
           • Action Sequences
             • Walking, writing, riding bike, brushing teeth, playing instrument
             • Subconsciously completed
               • Difficult to explain to others
                 • Hard to teach
     • T.C.C.
       • G.V.N.C.
         • A.S.D.

2. AO3

   • Strengths
     • P: Supporting evidence (Case studies)
       • E1: HM - Full impaired episodic memory, partially imapired semantic, unimpaired procedural
         • E2: Clive Wearing - Same as HM (knows wife deborah) - Viral infection
           • L: Non-global damage supports split theory
     • P: Supporting Evidence (Neurology)
       • P: Tulving et al
         • E1: PET scan, test semantic/episodic
           • E2: Semantic = Left PFC, Episodic = Right PFC
             • L: Shows splitness
     • P: Applications
       • E1: Belleville et al - P's with mild cog impairments, found easier to improve episodic
         • E2: Old people, semantic, procedural, control
           • L Increase quality of life by specalising treatments

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