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long-term memory

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long-term memory
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(Psychology) Psychol that section of the memory storage system in which experiences are stored on a semipermanent basis Compare short-term memory
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Noun1.long-term memory - your general store of remembered information
remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"
episodic memory, personal memory - memory for episodes in your own life
semantic memory - your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts
motor memory, muscle memory - your memory for motor skills


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These findings identify two distinct short-term memory networks in the brain: one that functions independently of the hippocampus and remains intact in patients with long-term memory deficits and one that is dependent on the hippocampus and is impaired alongside long-term memory.
If a short-term memory is transitioned into long term memory with the help of a meaningful event, then it is easy to transition as much short-term memory as we can into long-term memory if we can just ?
Cognition and long-term memory works when our brain recognizes the memory-trick as unique, novel, and even weird.
 
 
 
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