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Why We Forget and How to Remember Better: The Science Behind Memory. 2023

Howard S Kirshner
Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008568 Memory 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.
D011939 Mental Recall The process whereby a representation of past experience is elicited. Recall, Mental
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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