WORD LIST MEMORY TASK (IMMEDIATE RECALL)

A workout for working memory. New research suggests that mental exercises might enhance one of the brain's central components for reasoning and problem-solving. By SADIE F. DINGFELDER . September 2005, Vol 36, No. 8. People may be able to remember a nearly infinite number of facts, but only a handful of items--held in working memory--can be ... ................
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