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long-term memory

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long-term memory
(psychology)
The storage of information indefinitely so that it can be used again and again at a later time.


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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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