Definitions Relating to Memory

Memory

Retrieval of previously processed information or experience.


Synonym: recollection

Attention


The ability to focus on important/significant stimuli for as long as necessary even in noisy, distracting settings.


Synonym: concentration, focus.

Processing

The ability to attend to something, make sense out of it and apply it to oneself.


Synonym: comprehension, understanding, assimilation, encoding.




Retention

The ability to store processed information in an organized, systematic manner.

Synonym: storage, recollection.




Retrieval


The ability to recall previously experienced sensations or perceptions once the original stimulus is no longer present.

Synonym: remembering, recall.




Compensation

Deliberate application of a procedure to counteract the effect of a dysfunction or disability.

Synonym: adaptation, adjustment.




Rehabilitation - Restoration to normal of impaired functions.

Synonym: restoration, compensation.