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short-term memory
noun
- information retained in the brain and retrievable from it over a brief span of time ( long-term memory ).
short-term memory
noun
- 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
short-term memory
- Retention of information that undergoes little processing or interpretation and can be recalled for only a few seconds. Short-term memory can retain about seven items.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of short-term memory1
Example Sentences
People describe brain fog, headaches, dizziness, problems with short-term memory.
The work could help reconcile two sides of an ongoing debate about whether short-term memories are maintained through constant, persistent representations or through dynamic neural codes that change over time.
Compounding that challenge, a body of research hints that the brain does not neatly partition short-term memory function exclusively into higher cognitive areas like the prefrontal cortex.
We must absorb new sensory information about the world around us while holding on to short-term memories of earlier observations or events.
You are more experienced, but not necessarily any wiser than you were at 30, and you have no short-term memory.
The ensuing short-term memory impairments associated with TBI can make it nearly impossible to take care of daily tasks.
After lunch, I entered a mental haze: reaction times dropped 12% and short-term memory 11%.
Without training, the human brain can hold only about seven items in short-term memory.
Today at the age of 21, he lives with his parents, spends most of his time in a wheelchair, and struggles with short-term memory.
There is nothing about Al in 39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss that is not already a matter of public record.
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