Retention (Psychology)

"Retention (Psychology)" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The persistence to perform a learned behavior (facts or experiences) after an interval has elapsed in which there has been no performance or practice of the behavior.

Descriptor ID	D012153
MeSH Number(s)	F02.463.425.540.772
Concept/Terms	Retention (Psychology) Retention (Psychology) Retentions (Psychology) Retention

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Retention (Psychology)".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychological Phenomena and Processes [F02]
Mental Processes [F02.463]
Learning [F02.463.425]
Memory [F02.463.425.540]
Retention (Psychology) [F02.463.425.540.772]

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