memory retention

collocation in English

meaningsofmemoryandretention

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memory
noun
uk
/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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retention
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈten.ʃən/us
/rɪˈten.ʃən/
the continued use, existence, or possession of something ...
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(Definition ofmemoryandretentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, advantages of introducing a more imaginative approach into practice at all levels are proposed, together with potential benefits for both motivation andmemoryretention.
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The difficulties catered for includememoryretention, problems with phonological processing, extreme anxiety, and discipline.
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Recent studies, however, indicate that alpha oscillations also play an important role during short-termmemoryretentionand retrieval.
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In addition,memoryretentionand consolidation of individual task rules can be examined over a series of nonshift trials.
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For each trial the three-dot stimulus is presented for 200 ms and is followed by a fixation cross for the duration of the 29.8 smemoryretention(maintenance) period.
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The notion of workingmemoryretentionsystems as comprising a state of activated long-term memory fails to capture, or to account for, this concept of orchestrated processing plus storage.
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Mice demonstrated enhanced learning of a spatial memory task, and improved spatialmemoryretention.
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There can be effects immediately or in the long term on muscle and brain function,memoryretention, learning skills and other aspects of life.
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Based on the depth of processing framework,memoryretentionincreases as elaboration during encoding increases.
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In these early studies thememoryretentionwas always stronger for those who read the reports.
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Their results showed thatmemoryretentionwas much better after a period of sleep opposed to the same time interval spent awake.
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In rats, guarana increasedmemoryretentionand physical endurance when compared with a placebo.
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More recent studies now see no difference inmemoryretentionbetween the two media, video and text.
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It also increases release of acetylcholine and noradrenaline, and improvesmemoryretentionin animal studies.
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Another study in day-old domestic chicks showed enhancement of long-termmemoryretention.
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The observed effects onmemoryretentionthe next day were similar to those obtained from individuals who had received no sleep.
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The theory that sleep benefitsmemoryretentionis not a new idea.
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Demonstrations help to raise student interest and reinforcememoryretentionbecause they provide connections between facts and real-world applications of those facts.
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