(Graph Source: Klingberg et al, 2005)

 

Working memory is a key cognitive function that allows you to hold several units of information in mind—“online”—for brief periods of time, typically a few seconds, and manage them.

For example, if I tell you the 7 digits of my telephone number, would you remember them? and, could you tell them back to me…in reverse order?

Questions:

- What if that curve could be moved upwards?

- What activities may help kids and youth expand working memory?

- What activities can help adults over 30 reduce that rate of decline?

- And what is the relationship between working memory and the brain?

To Be Continued…