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short-ter·m mem·o·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. short-term memory, STM, immediate memorynoun

    what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it

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  1. short-term memory

    Short-term memory, also known as working memory, is the component of the cognitive system where small amounts of information are stored for a short period of time, typically a few seconds to a minute. This memory system plays a crucial role in concentration, reasoning, reading comprehension, learning, and decision making. Its capacity is limited and information not rehearsed or processed is usually forgotten due to short-term memory's transient nature.

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  1. Short-term memory

    Short-term memory is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time. The duration of short-term memory is believed to be in the order of seconds. A commonly cited capacity is 7 ± 2 elements. In contrast, long-term memory indefinitely stores a seemingly unlimited amount of information. Short-term memory should be distinguished from working memory, which refers to structures and processes used for temporarily storing and manipulating information

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of short-term memory in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of short-term memory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of short-term memory in a Sentence

  1. Jastrowski Mano:

    Working memory is often conceptualized as being a 'mental workbench' that allows a person to keep information in mind long enough for reasoning and comprehension to occur, it is involved in helping the brain shift information from short-term memory to long-term memory.

  2. Sandy Halperin:

    My biggest problem is my short-term memory, it's my ability to recall what I said, what I did, what I need to do, and that's steady through a day.

  3. Joel Flagler:

    Patients with advanced dementia were seen to have greatly improved short-term memory retention after a horticulture session, some of the participants remembered the chirping sound of a cricket in the garden almost two weeks after the event.

  4. Dean Crutchfield:

    If there was no guilt or association of that child porn (scandal) with Fogle, these things are forgotten, people's memories are short term, especially if there is no guilt or association. The public has a short-term memory in terms of catastrophe and chaos.

  5. Andrew Stanton:

    She was apologizing still for her shortcoming that she thought she had for her short-term memory loss and she could easily forget Marlin and Nemo and not find them again. I felt that she was completely unresolved, finding Nemo.

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