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social memory

social memory Social memory is memory for prior social experience, commonly studied with social discrimination procedures in which an animal is familiarized and then tested after a delay.

Social memory is memory for prior social experience, commonly studied with social discrimination procedures in which an animal is familiarized and then tested after a delay. In this literature, it is discussed as short-term when examined over minutes and as long-term when assessed over longer intervals, with evidence that these forms rely on different mechanisms.