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How is information organised in the long-term memory?
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... How is information organised in the long-term memory? The LTM is reference to a place that that holds information which has been well processed and integrated into one's general knowledge store. It is also referred as to secondary memory or permanent memory. The LTM is presumed to be without limits either in capacity to store information or in duration of that which is stored. Squire (1987) proposed that information in the LTM can be broken down to two basic types: procedural and declarative memory. - Procedural memory is our knowledge of how to do things. Examples are how to ride a bike or how to swim. These memories of skills are learned by observation and practise. However these pieces of information from the procedural memory can not be consciously investigated. - Declarative or Propositional memory in contrast is memory for specific information. Tulving (1972) suggested to brake down the declarative (propositional)














