long-term memory

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noun

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

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Origin of long-term memory

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby long-term memory

long tail, long-tailed cuckoo, long-tailed tit, long-term, long-termism, long-term memory, longtime, long time no see, long tin, long tom, long ton

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How to use long-term memory in a sentence

Sharp-wave ripples are thought to accompany the neural work of transforming short-term knowledge into long-term memories.
Ripples in rats’ brains tied to memory may also reduce sugar levels|Laura Sanders|August 11, 2021|Science News
After just seven days of swim training, researchers saw improvements in both short- and long-term memories, based on a reduction in the errors rats made each day.
Swimming is the ultimate brain exercise. Here’s why.|Purbita Saha|July 28, 2021|Popular-Science
One of the more enticing questions is how, specifically, swimming enhances short- and long-term memory.
Swimming is the ultimate brain exercise. Here’s why.|Purbita Saha|July 28, 2021|Popular-Science
So what is conscious is drawn up from this vast storehouse of long-term memory into short-term working memory.
Consciousness Is Just a Feeling - Issue 98: Mind|Steve Paulson|March 3, 2021|Nautilus

This suggests that, at least for most people, there is a degree of long-term memory in the immune response to the virus.
The persistence of memory in B cells: Hints of stability in COVID immunity|John Timmer|January 20, 2021|Ars Technica
In other words, fluoride is a broad-spectrum, bipartisan, long-lasting magnet for dissent.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races|David Freedlander|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And they might not have to wait that long to show their political heft.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The plan is to stretch it out as long as possible, then probably forget about it, and then suddenly remember it.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
As long as may be necessary, Sam,” replied Mr. Pickwick, “you have my full permission to remain.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden

British Dictionary definitions for long-term memory

long-term memory

noun

psychol that section of the memory storage system in which experiences are stored on a semipermanent basisCompare short-term memory

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