Concept information
Preferred term
short-term memory
Definition(s)
- A limited-capacity storage system in which information is held for a short duration (a few seconds) and is subject to rapid degradation.
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- active memory
- echo box
- immediate memory
- primary memory
- short-term retention
- short-term storage
- short-term store
- STM
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Cowan, N. (2008). What are the differences between long-term, short-term, and working memory? In W. Sossin, J.-C. Lacaille, V. F. Castelucci, & S. Belleville (Eds.), Progress in Brain Research: The Essence of Memory (Vol. 169, p. 323–338). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6123(07)00020-9
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Cowan, N. (2019). Short-term memory based on activated long-term memory : A review in response to Norris (2017). Psychological Bulletin, 145(8), 822‑847. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000199
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Norris, D. (2017). Short-term memory and long-term memory are still different. Psychological Bulletin, 143(9), 992-1009. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000108
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
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• Oberauer, K., Lewandowsky, S., Awh, E., Brown, G. D. A., Conway, A., Cowan, N., Donkin, C., Farrell, S., Hitch, G. J., Hurlstone, M. J., Ma, W. J., Morey, C. C., Nee, D. E., Schweppe, J., Vergauwe, E., & Ward, G. (2018). Benchmarks for models of short-term and working memory. Psychological Bulletin, 144(9), 885‑958. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000153
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Has model(s)
Has study method(s)
- Brown-Peterson task
- California Verbal Learning Test
- category probe task
- continuous reproduction task
- Corsi task
- DemTect
- directed free recall task
- dual-probe recognition task
- episodic flanker task
- Face-Name Associative Memory Exam
- global recognition task
- IMA-12
- local recognition task
- Mini Mental State Examination
- missing scan task
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment
- movement span task
- n-back task
- probed recall task
- Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment Screen
- recall task
- recognition span task
- Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test
- Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test
- Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test for Children
- serial order reconstruction task
- serial recognition task
- simple span task
- span task
- spatial span task
- Sternberg task
- verbal span task
- Wechsler Memory Scale
Component of
Impaired in
Measured by
Dataset citation(s)
- • Oberauer, K. (2021, October 18). Benchmarks for Models of Short Term and Working Memory. https://osf.io/g49c6/
In other languages
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French
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boite d’écho
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compartiment à court terme
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magasin à court terme
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mémoire active
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mémoire immédiate
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mémoire primaire
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rétention à court terme
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stockage à court terme
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-QZRTL2B1-9
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