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Short-term memory
A temporary store where small amounts of information can be kept for brief periods.
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Long term memory
A permanent store where limitless amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
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Capacity
The amount of information that can be held in memory at any one time.
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Duration
The length of time that memories can be held
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Encoding
The way in which information is represented in the memory store. (e.g by sounds, meaning or image.)
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Sensory memory
A set of limited capacity, modality-specific stores that hold informatiom for a very long time.
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A permanent store where limitless amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.

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Long term memory

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The amount of information that can be held in memory at any one time.

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The length of time that memories can be held

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The way in which information is represented in the memory store. (e.g by sounds, meaning or image.)

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