短たん期き記き憶おく

noun

short-term memory

Technical term in psychology and neuroscience; refers to the capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period.

• 短たん期き記き憶おくは、数すう秒びょうから数すう十じゅう秒びょう程てい度どの情じょう報ほう保ほ持じを指さす。

  Short-term memory refers to the retention of information for a period of several seconds to a few tens of seconds.

• 電でん話わ番ばん号ごうを一いち時じ的てきに覚おぼえるのは短たん期き記き憶おくの働はたらきだ。

  Temporarily remembering a phone number is a function of short-term memory.