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Memory

Medical Definition:	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.
Guide Notes:	human & animal

Memory Categories.

	Deja Vu - A subjective feeling that an experience which is occurring for the first time has been experienced before.
	Memory, Short-Term - Temporary storage of information for a few seconds to hours, as opposed to long-term memory which refers to material stored for days, years, or a lifetime.
	Mental Recall - The process whereby a representation of past experience is elicited.
	Recognition (Psychology) - The knowledge or perception that someone or something present has been previously encountered.
	Retention (Psychology) - The persistence to perform a learned behavior (facts or experiences) after an interval has elapsed in which there has been no performance or practice of the behavior.

Memory Medical Definitions and Terms

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