Psychiatry and Psychology

Memory

Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) recall, and (4) recognition. Clinically, it is usually subdivided into immediate, recent, and remote memory.

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Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) recall, and (4) recognition. Clinically, it is usually subdivided into immediate, recent, and remote memory.

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, physiology, radiation effects.

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human & animal

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Memory. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008568. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008568
  2. Memory. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory
  3. Memory. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q492