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. 2017 May 17;37(20):5045-5047.
doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0604-17.2017.

Intermediate-Term Memory as a Bridge between Working and Long-Term Memory

Jan Kamiński  1
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Intermediate-Term Memory as a Bridge between Working and Long-Term Memory

Jan Kamiński. J Neurosci. .
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Figure 1.
Intermediate-term memory is a state between working memory and long-term memory. After encoding, an item can be maintained in an active state through spiking activity. Short-term synaptic plasticity (STSP) allows information to be recovered if it temporarily drops out of the focus of attention. STSP also initiates the process of creating a stable memory, which requires longer-lasting processes like gene transcription. Finally, long-term synaptic plasticity (LTSP) creates stable long-term memories. Whenever information in working memory switch state to a latent form, the process of encoding it to long-term memories can be stopped in every stage and information is lost; however, if the process continues, the memory can be brought back to the active state.
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