PY1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Long-Term Memory, Procedural Memory, Clive Wearing
14 Jun 2018
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What type of amnesia does Clive suffer from?
What central memory does Clive retain?
Damage to his hippocampus affects his ability to transfer memories from his short term
memory to long term memory, he lacks the ability to form new memories and cannot
recall aspects of his past memory
Was there eidee to hether Clie’s:
…sesor register of eor as still futioig?
- Yes as he is able to converstate for 7-30 seconds until he forgets
…short ter eor as still futioig?
- Yes as he can respond but will soon forget what he said
…log ter eor as still futioig?
- No as he a’t reeer athig loger tha 30 seods.
Thik aout Clie’s log ter eor. Did he see to hae a:
…epliit/delaratie log ter eor?
- No he could not recall past events within short terms, however he could remember his wife
and that he had children, he also continuously believes he has just seen her after a long time
…ipliit/proedural log ter eor?
- He could still play the piano – so his procedural memory worked still being able to
unconsciously use his skills
…seati log ter eor?
- Yes he had sematic knowledge
…episodi log ter koledge?
- He did not have any episodic long term memory where he could recall times, places,
associated emotions etc.
What has the case of Clive Wearing taught us about memory systems?
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Document Summary
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