¿Qué es la memoria asociativa?

Associative memory is defined as the ability to learn and remember the relationship between unrelated items. It refers to the ability to remember relationships between concepts, and not just the individual concepts themselves. In humans, this relates to visual and verbal information, such as remembering how two words are related (e.g., man – women), or seeing an object and its alternate names (e.g., a guitar). Associative memory is thought to be mediated by the medial temporal lobe of the brain.

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