🔼: [[💡 Executive Function]], [[💡 Memory]], [[⭐️ Attention]] ##### Working Memory (Short-Term Memory) A term referring to our capacity to temporarily hold information in our head while we process and work with it. It’s like a cognitive workbench where we can store and manipulate information for a short time. - [[🔑 The mind can only hold so much]]. We use our working memory to store things in our [[Long-Term Memory]] through [[💡 Encoding]] and [[💡 Recoding]] during [[⭐️ Rest and Restoration]]. People with impaired working memory might read a recipe and forget the step, blurt out answers before they forget it, or ask someone to repeat what they just said, or re-read the same paragraph over and over. [[Stimulation]] ###### Improve Working Memory - [[🕯️ Journaling]] ###### Related - [[💡 Cognitive Load]] - [[💡 ADHD]] - [[💡 Trauma]] - [[💡 Complex PTSD]] - [[💡 Zeigarnik Effect]] [^1]: