cgs 2301 - long term memory

what is ltm?

• archive of info - past events, general knowledge

• explicit/declarative and implicit/nondeclarative memory

• more recent = more detailed

divisions of ltm

• explicit (conscious recall)

  • semantic memory (facts and general knowledge)

  • episodic memory (personally experienced event)

• implicit (w/o conscious recall)

  • procedural (motor and cognitive skills)

  • priming

Jill Price

she never forgets anything

semantic memory

facts and general knowledge (like capital of texas is austin)

episodic memory

personally experienced events (like first day of school)

both episodic and events start with E

procedural memory

motor and cognitive skills

priming

enhanced identification of objects or words

classical conditioning