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The shortest-term element of memory. It is the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

A limited-capacity store that can maintain unrehearsed information for about 20 to 30 seconds.

An unlimited capacity store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time.

The process of getting information into memory, often by processing meaning.

The retention of encoded information over time.

The process of getting information out of memory storage.

A process by which individual pieces of information are bound together into a meaningful whole.

A graph showing how the ability to retain information decreases in time without any attempt to retain it.

A tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.

The conscious repetition of information to be remembered, to move it from short-term to long-term memory.

A technique in psychology used to train a person's memory in both positive and negative ways.

A part of the long-term memory responsible for knowing how to do things, i.e., motor skills.

The ability to recall and mentally re-experience specific episodes from one's personal past.

Long-term memory involving the capacity to recall words, concepts, or numbers, which is essential for the use and understanding of language.

A type of long-term memory that doesn't require conscious thought. It allows you to do things by rote.

Memory in which there is a need for conscious recollection in order to recall something.

A highly detailed, exceptionally vivid 'snapshot' of the moment and circumstances in which a piece of surprising and consequential news was heard.

The phenomenon where a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate because of post-event information.

The process of establishing, stabilizing, or solidifying a memory; the transition from short-term to long-term memory.