long-term memory

collocation in English

meaningsoflong-termandmemory

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long-term
adjective
uk
/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/
us
/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/
continuing a long time into ...
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memory
noun
uk
/ˈmem.ər.i/
us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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(Definition oflong-termandmemoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The data structure inlong-termmemorythen allows retrieval.
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What then is the storage capacity oflong-termmemory?
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Long-termmemoryis inevitably involved in memory tasks.
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Second, context is important for retrieval fromlong-termmemory.
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Perception is also based onlong-termmemory.
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Perceiving must essentially involve the matching of external gestalts to internalized representations inlong-termmemory.
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These map meaning automatically intolong-termmemory, freeing attentional capacity to concentrate on other details.
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As words are initially processed, their various representations inlong-termmemoryare activated.
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The tests used often measure short- orlong-termmemoryrather than working memory.
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Thelong-termmemorystores agent's generalized experiences from the past.
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They also enable perceptual evaluations, activate knowledge held inlong-termmemory, and trigger design ideas.
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Instead, short-term memory is understood as the activated part oflong-termmemory.
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She had severe memory deficits, with poor short-term memory, together with impairedlong-termmemory.
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The task of naming requires the retrieval of object names fromlong-termmemory.
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A chunk must be defined with respect to associations between concepts inlong-termmemory.
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How does it access and operate on the distributed representations inlong-termmemory?
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These findings suggest that auditory word-priming effects have along-termmemorycomponent.
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The initial processing of a stimulus involves the activation oflong-termmemorycodes.
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As stimuli are perceived and processed in posterior cortex,long-termmemorycodes are activated.
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Working memory andlong-termmemoryin children with specific language impairment.
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This set can be treated as the contents of the agent'slong-termmemory.
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Long-termmemorydeficits are to be expected from our perspective for at least four reasons.
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However, attention is not a sufficient condition forlong-termmemoryencoding.
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