<p>There is a functional dissociation between short and long-term memory.</p>

<p>It was observed by Milner (1966) that a patient (case H.M) can have a normally working short-term memory with an impaired long term one; and by Shallice &amp; Warrington (1970) that a patient (K.F.) can have correct long-term memory performance while a severe impairment in short-term memory.</p>

<p>So there is no simple relationship between the two, if at all. Nevertheless, it could be a correlation but probably mediated by other factors such as attentional processes, explicit learning strategy etc.</p>

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<p>Is there any link between one's ability to store information in their short term memory, with their ability to store information in their long term memory?</p>

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Is good short term memory correlated with good long term memory?
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# Is good short term memory correlated with good long term memory?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-02-03)

Is there any link between one's ability to store information in their short term memory, with their ability to store information in their long term memory?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-02-04. Score: 6

There is a functional dissociation between short and long-term memory.

It was observed by Milner (1966) that a patient (case H.M) can have a normally working short-term memory with an impaired long term one; and by Shallice & Warrington (1970) that a patient (K.F.) can have correct long-term memory performance while a severe impairment in short-term memory.

So there is no simple relationship between the two, if at all. Nevertheless, it could be a correlation but probably mediated by other factors such as attentional processes, explicit learning strategy etc.


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