Types of LTM

What does Clive Wearing’s severe amnesia case show about LTM?

He can still play the piano brilliantly but he can’t remember his musical education

One can be damaged and another can still be intact

What is a limitation of the use of case studies in supporting LTM stores?

Lack control over variables: we don’t know what happened to participant before or during the injury! No knowledge of the individual’s memory before the incident

limit the extent of usefulness

How does HM’s case support different LTM stores?

HM can’t remember strong in a dog half an hour earlier but knows what a dog is

Acquires a new skill of tracing stars from mirror but can’t remember learning it

What is real world application of LTM types?

Interventions to prevent memory loss can be developed as it is found that episodic memory is the most easily lost

Distinguishing LTM types allow specific treatments to be developed