Talk:Long-term memory

message: I've read about "perceptual representation system" (PRS) in some articles on memory. It seems to be a kind of memory (and should be long-term). But I can't find anything in Wikipedia about it. Is there anyone who knows something about it and is willing to write something here? Took 21:05, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  perceptual representation system 

message: Is there a known limit to the amount of long term memory a person can have? I'm going to use a very extreme example. Can I learn 50 languages, become a Phd in 10 different fields in 5 years and keep the majority of those memories 5 years later -- assuming I use all of those memories? Or do we have say 500mb of storage, and once we fill that 500mb new memories overwrite the oldest memories? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.20.224.240 (talk) 13:41, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Simple answer: Yes, but we don't know how to measure it. --PaulWicks 17:25, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  long term memory capacity 

message: Is there any way to improve your long-term memory?  More precisely, is there a way to move an item from your short-term memory to your long-term memory?  A good example would be memorizing words or characters from a foreign language: pretend you've placed an item in your short-term or working memory, and will forget the word within a set time period without routine drilling.  Is there a way to 'cheat' and recal the information two months later without drilling repeatedly?
Practice! I know "rote learning" is poo-pooed by modern teachers, but it's actually pretty effective. That and use them as much as possible. Sorry, no shortcuts I know of! --PaulWicks 08:53, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Improving Long Term Memory

message: i really think you should tell if the long-term memory is stored in the right or left hemisphere....that would probably help some kids out if they are doing research on memory... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.23.77.4 (talk) 22:06, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  right or left hemisphere?? 

message: I'm doing the IB diploma in England and my Extended Essay title is "the effect of music on human memory."
Can someone help me with this???
:Maybe, offline. DCDuring 20:21, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The effect of music on human memory. 

message: I didn't think that the exact definitional boundary between LTM and STM was settled. In any event the point in the lead is not supported in the body of the article. DCDuring 20:21, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: LTM = 30+ Seconds ???

message: The aging effects on memory seem not to be covered though neurodegenerative disease are mentioned.
There is a recent interesting review which sheds some light on what may be happening
http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroscience/agingneuroscience/paper/10.3389/neuro.24/002.2010/pdf/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.171.96.35 (talk) 00:34, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aging effects 

message: I thought short-term memory is necessary for long-term memory, but the book 'psychology' by Neil Martin et al. mentions (without a reference) that this thought has been challenged. Does anyone know a paper that deals with this issue (if long-term memory is always preceded by short-term memory)?PsykHes (talk) 13:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transition short-term memory long-term memory always neccesary? 

message: This article seems to be mainly discuss long-term memory in humans and animals. What about long-term memory in computers, like hard disks, CDs and DVDs, and more? 183.81.58.156 (talk) 09:40, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased 

message: The testing effect can play a large role in how well information is encoded into long term memory, I would like to mention the testing effect in the section on Encoding Information as well as a link to the testing effect page. Ceckersley (talk) 01:38, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Include Testing Effect Under Encoding Information 

message: — Assignment last updated by ZZakh23 (talk) 05:09, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Human Cognition SP23

message: For several months, User:Ettrig has been expanding lead sections of articles using AI. Some are Ok, some look OK but are wrong and some are just blatantly wrong. As a result of this discussion, we are reverting these edits:
*Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Ettrig mass addition of longer leads.
There are 1000s of these to fix. In some cases (such as this article), pieces of the lead were subsequently edited by others. Unsure whether the lead is now fully reliable, I'm going ahead and returning it to its earlier status. If you understand this subject and are satisfied with the way it was before my edit, feel free to restore some or all of this material. A. B. (talk • contribs  •  global count) 20:24, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead section replacement 

message: — Assignment last updated by RealSpill27 (talk) 19:11, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: PSYC 115 General Psychology

message: Outline of Proposed Changes
Rewrite the leading section to give a bit more detail about the topics that make up working memory. 
Connect it or hyperlink it to other parts of memory that are talked about later in the article such as episodic, explicit and implicit memory.
Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model
According to the dual store memory model proposed in 1968 by Richard C. Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin, memories can reside in the short-term "buffer" for a limited time while they are simultaneously strengthening their associations in LTM[1]. <----- ADDED CITATION
--Thedragonwarrior9 (talk) 19:37, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewriting Leading Section for clarity