the immune-systemis ability to remember and defend against foreign proteins when challenged; certain vaccines are better at inducing long-term memory than others (the tetanus vaccine, for example, as compared with influenza vaccines).
Those parts of the memory system that are currently dormant and inactive, but have enormous storage capacity. See also stage theory of memory, working memory.
The relatively permanent storage of information. go to glossary index
The final phase of memory in which information storage may last from hours to a lifetime.
a type of memory in which information is stored indefinitely.
The third stage of memory, involving the storage of information that is kept for long periods of time.
A memory that lasts several hours or longer. close window
the memory mechanism in which information is represented on a permanent or near permanent basis. Well learned skills and knowledge and experiences are stored in long-term memory.
The ability that the immune system has to retain memory of the foreign protein and mount an immune response whenever challenged. Some vaccines (e.g., tetanus) are better at inducing or developing long-term memory than others are (e.g., flu or existing meningitis vaccines).
The hypothetical construct of a long-term store of memories that holds these memories for a long time.
A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Items of information stored as long-term memory may be available for a lifetime. See the entire definition of Long-term memory
the "data base" of knowledge in the brain; a critical component of human information processing; its capacity for storing knowledge is assumed to be infinite; contrast with short-term memory.
Your general store of remembered information.
Memories that may be retrieved days, months, or years later.
the stage of memory that can store a virtually unlimited amount of information relatively permanently. (273)
The portion of the brain that stores information which has been determined to be of sufficient value to be retained. In order for it to be retained in longterm memory, it must have been processed or coded in the working memory.
Long-term storage of memory traces is facilitated by repetition, especially with emotional content. Involves hippocampus and follows short-term memory.
The part of memory where information is placed for later use; permanently stored knowledge.
The relatively permanent component of the memory system, as opposed to short-term memory. See also short-term memory.
Long-term memory (LTM) is memory, stored as meaning, that can last as little as 30 seconds or as long as decades. It differs structurally and functionally from working memory or short-term memory, which ostensibly stores items for only around 30 seconds. Biologically, short-term memory is a temporary potentiation of neural connections that can become long-term memory through the process of rehearsal and meaningful association.
