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short-term memory

noun

  1. information retained in the brain and retrievable from it over a brief span of time ( long-term memory ).


short-term memory

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


short-term memory

  1. 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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Notes

A popular example of short-term memory is the ability to remember a seven-digit telephone number just long enough to dial a call. In most cases, unless the number is consciously repeated several times, it will be forgotten.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of short-term memory1

First recorded in 1965–70
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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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