... differently time-dependent, meaning that STM has a limited storage for information, i.e. three to five items for limited time period, while LTM is limitless with no decay (Sohlberg and Mateer, 2001). Often term used for STM is "working memory", because it suggests its active and flexible features, nevertheless "working memory incorporates the dynamic aspects of holding onto and manipulating information" (cited in Sohlberg and Mateer, 2001, p166). Short term memory system is a system that underlies consciousness and is a temporary storage system for incoming information (Parkin, A.J., 1996). Furthermore, the function of short term store remains undamaged in amnesia. Procedural memory also remains intact in amnesic patients, therefore it can be successfully used for rehabilitation purposes. Moreover, according to Tulving (1985), procedural memory is basically "knowing how" and involves no more than stimulus response memory. Representation is "prescriptive, it is a blue print for future actions" and increases likelihood ...

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