long-term memory

American  

noun

1. information stored in the brain and retrievable over a long period of time, often over the entire life span of the individual (short-term memory ).

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long-term memory British  

noun

1. psychol that section of the memory storage system in which experiences are stored on a semipermanent basis Compare short-term memory

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Etymology

Origin of long-term memory

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Pathway’s architecture organizes short-term memory very differently than the transformer, with an update mechanism that resembles what is found in the brain, and, crucially, has the same storage pattern as long-term memory, according to Stamirowska.

From The Wall Street Journal

The results indicate that long-term memory relies not on a single on/off switch, but on a sequence of gene-regulating programs that unfold like molecular timers across the brain.

From Science Daily

"This coupling likely reflects the transfer of learned information from the hippocampus to the cortex, enhancing long-term memory storage," Dr Cross says.

From Science Daily

Our experience is encoded into a short-term memory, which is then consolidated into a long-term memory.

From Science Daily

It converts short-term memory into long-term memory, facilitating the revision of personal experience.

From Science Daily