# How does short term memory work?

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**Category:** Lounge\
**Tags:** memory, working-memory\
**Created:** [August 28, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/how-does-short-term-memory-work/4420 "2018-08-28T16:49:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bitking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/bitking/32/3099_2.png) [@Bitking](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Bitking)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/how-does-short-term-memory-work/4420/9 "2018-10-26T17:36:19Z")

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Some light reading on the topic.

> **[Understanding Memory in Deep Learning Systems: The Neuroscience, Psychology and...](https://towardsdatascience.com/understanding-memory-in-deep-learning-systems-the-neuroscience-psychology-and-technology-78922ae6a1dd?gi=f8981d18f02b)**
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> Today I decided to assemble several articles form last year in a longer essay that explains the foundations of memory in deep learning…

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