memory retrieval
Fetching stored experiences
Memory retrieval is the process of accessing stored information in the mind or a computer system.
In psychology, it describes how the brain recalls experiences, facts, or skills: Memory retrieval becomes harder under stress.
In computing, it refers to fetching data from storage.
The term appears frequently in discussions of learning, cognition, and artificial intelligence.
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- mnemonicsTechniques to assist recall
- cueTrigger for action
- tip-of-the-tongueMemory retrieval failure state
prefrontal cortex · consolidation · hippocampus · priming · remembering · on the tip of my tongue · interference · eyewitness testimony · search · nostalgia · vivid · fragment · trigger · learning strategies · déjà vu · flashback · amygdala · spaced repetition
- memoryremember, forget, memorize, recollect, retain
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- memory termsremembering, recollection, flashback, reminiscence, retention
- memory & emotionfeelings, emotions, nostalgia, flashback, happy memories
- Memory Themesflashbacks, amnesia, nostalgia, deja vu, montage
- forensic interviewsforensic interview, witness interview, witness interviews, interview room, interrogation
memory retrievalencoding
Converting data to format
memory storage · storage · learning · acquisition · memorization
memory retrievalforgetting
Failing to retain memories
memory loss · amnesia · memory block · repression · memory decay