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Semantic memory

your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts

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Episodic memory noun · 85% connection

memory for episodes in your own life

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology, Learning memory.
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Personal memory noun · 85% connection

memory for episodes in your own life

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology, Learning memory.
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working memory noun · 85% connection

memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology, Learning memory.
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Cognitive operation noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Cognitive process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Mental process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Operation noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Reinforcement noun · 78% connection

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Reinforcer noun · 78% connection

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Reinforcing stimulus noun · 78% connection

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Cognition noun · 78% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Conditioning noun · 78% connection

a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Learning memory.
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Deciding noun · 78% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Decision making noun · 78% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Encoding noun · 78% connection

the activity of converting data or information into code

Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Learning memory.
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encryption noun · 78% connection

the activity of converting data or information into code

Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Learning memory.
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Immediate memory noun · 78% connection

what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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-ation unknown · 78% connection

A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of sta…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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A posteriori unknown · 78% connection

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arriv…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Affirmative pleading noun · 78% connection

any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Alternative pleading noun · 78% connection

a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on

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Amphibolous adjective · 78% connection

Capable of two meanings.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Cabala noun · 78% connection

A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Computer memory noun · 78% connection

an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Computer storage noun · 78% connection

an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Declarative memory noun · 78% connection

memories that can be consciously recalled such as facts and knowledge.; "The fact that medial temporal lobe structures, including the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Depersonalisation noun · 78% connection

(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Depersonalization noun · 78% connection

(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Equivocal noun · 78% connection

A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Executive noun · 78% connection

An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the gover…

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Fugue noun · 78% connection

dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: memory, meanings, impersonal, facts.
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Impersonal noun · 78% connection

That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.

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