Long-term memory (LTM)

• Long-term memory - The permanent memory store
• Long-term memory: Coding

  • Semantically (in terms of meaning)
• Long-term memory is the potentially permanent memory store for information that has been rehearsed for a prolonged time
• Long-term memory: Duration

  • Up to a lifetime
  • It is the potentially permanent memory store for information that has been rehearsed for a prolonged time
• Long-term memory: Capacity

  • Unlimited
• According to the MSM, when we want to recall information from LTM, it has to be transferred back into STM by a process called retrieval