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By Kendra Van Wagner, About.com Guide to Psychology

Memory - Psychology Definition of the Week

Monday December 15, 2008

Definition: Memory refers to the processes that are used to acquire, store, retain and later retrieve information. There are three major processes involved in memory: encoding, storage and retrieval. Learn more in this overview of memory.

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