Meaning & use

long-term memory

noun·Academic

The part of memory that stores information for extended periods, from hours to a lifetime.

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Repeating new vocabulary helps move it from short-term into long-term memory.

Her long-term memory of childhood summers remained vivid decades later.

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Contrasted with short-term or working memory, which holds information only briefly before it fades or transfers.

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