short-term memory
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈʃɔrtˌtɜrm ˈmɛməri/
- Specialized
- Short-term memory allows us to hold onto information briefly, like remembering a phone number just long enough to dial it.
- verbal short-term memory
- short-term memory deficit
- short-term memory capacity
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Watch on YouTubeLike having a limited but measurable amount of short term memory about what you were recently thinking.
- Like having a limited but measurable amount of short term memory about what you were recently thinking.
- So we have short term memory and this is for information that we need to hold onto or rehearse for immediate use.
- I give you something to encode, then I'm asking you to store it either in short term memory, medium term, long term.
- And my first question is short term memory loss.
- And the first short term memories we had were based on the roots of our emotions, fear and desire.
- But short term memory dysfunction is is one of the systems of post traumatic stress disorder.
- And you know, that's again is something that that human beings have a very hard time doing, mainly because they just lack the short term memory.
- But like growing up, my folks had, I mean, you know, my folks, my folks had no feel like during my wife's vows, my dad, who has he's no short term memory anymore.
Examples
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Like having a limited but measurable amount of short term memory about what you were recently thinking.
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Other than suffering from short-term memory loss, doctors have given Miss Stevenson a clean bill of health.
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And so that right there is one of the best models for short term memory in the brain.
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And it seemed like my short term memory was just gone for a period of time.
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Now, this is what's happening so far in short term memory, how much you hold in there.
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He suffered short term memory loss, but he kept his head.
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So we have short term memory and this is for information that we need to hold onto or rehearse for immediate use.
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A few studies have found that smelling rosemary can improve your short term memory.
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The learning of the basic multiplication facts is initially a short-term memory process.
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The results from the memory tests confirmed severe short-term memory deficits.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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4.1
The ability to remember something right after you see or hear it
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6.1
The small amount of information you can hold in your mind for a short time
Antonyms
How Long
- Specialized
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3.7
- Specialized
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'ability to remember information for a brief period' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'short-term' (lasting a short duration) with 'memory' (the capacity to store and retrieve information). This adjective+noun composition follows standard, cross-linguistically common compounding patterns in English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term short-term memory gives a simple picture: imagine a small shelf that holds ideas for a short term before they fall off. That's why it means the ability to 'remember for a short time'.