LONG-TERM MEMORY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Your general store of remembered information

Synonyms:

long-term memory; LTM

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("long-term memory" is a kind of...):

memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "long-term memory"):

episodic memory; personal memory (memory for episodes in your own life)

semantic memory (your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts)

motor memory; muscle memory (your memory for motor skills)