Types of LTM

episodic memory -

• LTM store for personal events

• retrieved consciously and with effort

• people, objects, place and behaviour involved

• time stamped memories (which means you remember when and what happened)

• eg concerts. birthday parties, first day of school

semantic memory -

• contains our shared knowledge of the world - likened by an encyclopaedia or dictionary

• not time stamped - we do not remember when learnt

• consciously retrieved

• eg meanings of words, dates such as the Battle of Hastings

procedural memory -

• our memory for actions or skills - how we do things

• muscle-based memory

• we can recall these memories without conscious awareness or much effort (eventually)

• eg driving, walking, eating, talking