Evaluation of the MSM

Evaluation of the MSM

1. Support comes from Glazer and Cunitz 1960

   • proposed the serial position effect which suggests separate stores.

2. The case of HM- brain surgery to remove hippocampus

   • HM's STM was intact except he was completely unable to transfer to LTM= Separate stores

3. Brain Scans

   • MRI scans show different parts of the brain active in different activities= separate storage.

4. Cases of such as KF

   • KF's auditory and visual information gets processed differently, could not recall audio= more units in STM

5. lab experiments to support MSM

   • low ecological vadility= might not represent the way we use our memory

6. Single LTM is too simple

   • Different LTM have been identified such as procedual