evaluation to long term memory

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P - evidence from case studies of HM and Clive Wearing

Ev- both men was severely impaired due to brain damage but their semantic memories were unaffected. Their procedural memories were still intact as they both still knew how to walk and speak.

Ex- evidence supports Tulving’s view that there are different memory stores in long term memory

P - real world application, allows psychologists to help people with memory loss

Ev - Belleville et al devised an intervention to improve episodic memories in older people. the trained participants performed better on a test of episodic memory after training than a control group

Ex - shows that distinguishing types of long term memory enables specific treatments to be developed

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P - conflicting research findings linking types of long term memory to areas of the brain

Ev - Buckner and Petersen concluded that semantic memory is located on the left side of the prefrontal cortex and episodic memory on the right

Ex - this challenges neurophysiological evidence to support types of memory as there is poor agreement on where each type might be located