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Definition of "long-term memory" []

  • Your general store of remembered information (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "long-term memory" in a sentence
  • "Some children with long-term memory dysfunctions suffer from reducedrecognition."
  • "In long-term memory we store a voluminous manual of motor and nonmotor procedural blueprints, such as the ones for how to drive a car, how to operate word processing software, and how to affix a nozzle to a rubber hose."
  • "Pairing occurs when two bits of information are wedded and stored in long-term memory together."