maximum-security unit

a section of a mental institution reserved for patients who are likely to harm themselves or others.

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April 27th 2024

maintenance rehearsal

repeating items over and over to maintain them in short-term memory, as in repeating a telephone number until it has been dialed (see rehearsal). According to the levels-of-processing model of memory, maintenance rehearsal does not effectively promote long-term retention because it involves little elaboration of the information to be remembered. Also called rote rehearsal. See also phonological loop.