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Definition of Long-term memory

1. Noun. Your general store of remembered information.

Medical Definition of Long-term memory

1. That phase of the memory process considered the permanent storehouse of information which has been registered, encoded, passed into the short-term memory, coded, rehearsed, and finally transferred and stored for future retrieval; material and information retained in LTM underlies cognitive abilities. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Long-term Memory

Literary usage of Long-term memory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"As a result, long-term memory has often been thought to be a graded extension of short-term memory. Yet a variety of clinical studies, ..."

2. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"The dependence of long-term memory on protein synthesis indicates that new genes must be turned on during the transition from short- to long-term storage. ..."

3. You Can Choose to Be Happy: "Rise Above" Anxiety, Anger, and Depression by Tom G. Stevens (1998)
"Thus, when we are most involved and fascinated with something, we are actually stamping it into long-term memory. Think about your mental state when you are ..."

4. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"However, it caused some of us to inquire into the chemical principles by which molecules may encode particular kinds of long-term "memory. ..."

5. Framework for Developing Skill Standards for Workplace Literacy by Eunice N. Askov (1998)
"The knowledge base existing in the long-term memory is crucial to improvements in literacy skills and acquisition of new knowledge. ..."

6. The Neuroscience of Mental Health: A Report on Neuroscience Research edited by Stephen H. Koslow (1997)
"This transcription factor is also critically involved in flies in converting short-term memory to long-term memory. Moreover, mice lacking certain isoforms ..."

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