Shelly was able to remember the names of three new class members for only a minute or two after they had been introduced to her. The new class members' names were briefly stored in her ________ memory.

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Short-term memory, also known as working memory, has a limited capacity and duration. It is responsible for holding information in our consciousness for a short period of time, usually less than a minute, before it is forgotten or transferred to long-term memory through encoding.

Shelly Was Able to Remember the Names of Three New