Back ذاكرة قصيرة الأمد Arabic Kratkoročno pamćenje BS Memòria a curt termini Catalan بیرەوەریی کورتماوە CKB Korttidshukommelse Danish Kurzzeitgedächtnis German Short-term memory English Memoria a corto plazo Spanish حافظه کوتاهمدت Persian Mémoire à court terme French
Short term memory is the ability to keep information in mind for a short amount of time. Remembering a phone number long enough to find a piece of paper is an example. The brain keeps information in its short term memory for a small period of time. The amount of time the mind is able to do this is usually some seconds. The opposite of short-term memory is long-term memory, which is where things are stored in the brain for a long time. These items may be recalled later, or there may be difficulty recalling them.