Section A: Human Memory

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Distinction between episodic and semantic memory
First suggested distinction 1,
Different levels of processing ph...,
Reading a word out of context at ...
11  cards
Multiple semantic memory systems or a unitary semantic store?
4 main neurological disorders ass...,
Evidence of modality specific sem...,
Evidence of modality specific sem...
13  cards
Reconstructive memory and the encoding specificity principle
Evidence that memory is reconstru...,
Proposed the generate recognise m...,
Tested and falsified key predicti...
7  cards
Recollection and familiarity, and source memory
Suggested that recognition involv...,
Korsakoff amnesiacs and controls ...,
Supported tulving 1985 s distinct...
19  cards
Involvement of the hippocampus in memory
Neuroimaging encoding task that m...,
Neuroimaging documented hippocamp...,
Functional neuroimaging 3
4  cards
Role of the frontal lobes in memory
Neuropsychological study predates...,
Neuropsychological study 2,
Functional neuroimaging 3
14  cards
Evidence for distinction between LTM and STM
Evidence that amount of rehearsal...,
Made the distinction between prim...,
Multi store model proposed 3
8  cards
Distinction between implicit and explicit memory
Suggested two separate ltm systems 1,
Examined effects of different lev...,
Implicit but not explicit memory ...
8  cards
Evidence against simple distinction between LTM and STM
Asked participants to do arithmet...,
Asked participants to recall a li...,
Argues that the distinction betwe...
5  cards
Long term memory
Taught himself series of nonsense...,
4 experiments examined memory cap...,
Suggested capacity of ltm constra...
4  cards

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