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Definition of 'Memory, Short-Term'

Temporary storage of information for a few seconds to hours, as opposed to long-term memory which refers to material stored for days, years, or a lifetime.

Common names: Memory, Short-Term; Memories, Short-Term; Memory, Short Term; Short-Term Memories; Short-Term Memory; Memory, Shortterm; Memories, Shortterm; Shortterm Memories; Shortterm Memory; Memory, Immediate; Immediate Memories; Immediate Memory; Memories, Immediate; Immediate Recall; Immediate Recalls

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V4 activity predicts the strength of visual short-term memory representations.

8 Jun 2009 Recent studies have shown the existence of a form of visual memory that lies intermediate of iconic memory and visual short-term memory (VSTM), in terms of both capacity (up to 15 items) and the duration of the memory trace (up to 4 s). Because new ... Read more...


Firing patterns in superior colliculus of head-unrestrained monkey during normal and perturbed gaze saccades reveal short-latency feedback and a sluggish rostral shift in activity.

Jun 2009 The superior colliculus (SC) encodes a saccade via the spatial position of an ensemble of active neurons on its motor map. Downstream circuits control muscles with the temporal code of firing frequency and duration. The moving hill hypothesis ... Read more...


Cognitive-enhancing activity of loganin isolated from Cornus officinalis in scopolamine-induced amnesic mice.

25 May 2009 We examined anti-amnesic activity of the methanolic extract of Cornus officinalis fruits (COT) and a major constituent, loganin using scopolamine-induced (1 mg/kg body weight, s.c.) amnesic mice with both passive avoidance and the Morris water maze ... Read more...

 

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Technical information about 'Memory, Short-Term'

Definition: Temporary storage of information for a few seconds to hours, as opposed to long-term memory which refers to material stored for days, years, or a lifetime.

Descriptor UI: D008570

Alternative terms: Memory, Short-Term; Memories, Short-Term; Memory, Short Term; Short-Term Memories; Short-Term Memory; Memory, Shortterm; Memories, Shortterm; Shortterm Memories; Shortterm Memory; Memory, Immediate; Immediate Memories; Immediate Memory; Memories, Immediate; Immediate Recall; Immediate Recalls; Recall, Immediate; Recalls, Immediate;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.425.540.407;

Online Note: use MEMORY, SHORT-TERM to search IMMEDIATE RECALL 1969-78

History Note: 69; IMMEDIATE RECALL was see under MEMORY, SHORT-TERM 1969-78

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