short-term memory

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short-term memory

(Psychology) Psychol that section of the memory storage system of limited capacity (approximately seven items) that is capable of storing material for a brief period of time Compare long-term memory

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short-term memory - what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it

immediate memory, STM

remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"

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