Zusammenfassung der Ressource
2.3 Types of Long Term Memory
- Tulving (1972) proposed a distinction
between episodic, semantic and
procedural memory. These can be split
into implicit and explicit memories.
- Explicit
- Memory with awareness that can be consciously recalled.
- Implicit
- Memory without awareness
- Procedural
- Implicit
- Memory for actions or skills. Can be
recalled without a conscious effort.
- Semantic
- Explicit
- Contains the shared knowledge of the
world. Like how an orange looks. These
memories are not time stamped.
- Episodic
- Explicit
- Refers to the ability to recall events
from our lives. These are time stamped
and will include several elements.
- Evaluation
- Strengths:
- Clinical evidence. Case study of Clive Wearing, an amnesiac
showed that his episodic memory was severely damaged, yet he
still remembered how to read music and play the piano.
- Real world application. Belleville et al (2006)
devised an intervention to improve episodic
memory in older people.
- Weaknesses:
- Conflicting neuroimaging evidence. Buckner and
Peterson (1996) concluded that semantic memory is
located on the left side of the prefrontal cortex and
episodic on the right. This challenges neurophyisological
evidence.