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types of long term memory - Coggle Diagram
types of long term memory
declarative memory
semantic
memory for facts
not time stamped
declarative
require conscious recollection
vulnerable to amnesia
temporal lobe
episodic
memory of events
time stamped
declarative
require conscious recollection
vulnerable to amnesia
hippocampus
procedural memory (implicit)
memory for skills
not time stamped
non declarative
do not require conscious recollection
resistant to amnesia
cerebellum & motor cortex
evaluation
support- brain scans provide support for diff types of ltm as suggest diff parts of the brain are active when accessing episodic, procedural and semantic memory. supports idea that ltm is made up of at least 3 distinct categories
limitation- low population validity as use case studies eg. Clive wearing who suffered with unusual illness involving damage to the brain so difficult to generalise findings to wider population as their ltm may operate differently