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Verbal Memory — verbal working memory

💡Benefits

Verbal Memory trains the verbal channel of working memory — the "phonological loop" in Baddeley's model. It matters for language, reading and listening comprehension. Working with words instead of digits also activates vocabulary.

🎮How to play

Words are shown one by one. Memorise their ORDER, then pick them in that order from a shuffled set.

📚Scientific sources

  1. Baddeley (1992). Working memory. Science, 255(5044), 556–559. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Working+memory+Baddeley+1992+Science
  2. Miller (1956). The magical number seven, plus or minus two. Psychological Review, 63(2), 81–97. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=The+magical+number+seven+plus+or+minus+two+Miller+1956

Frequently asked questions

No payment is needed, on MentalMath the Verbal Memory game is free and works without registration.
The child remembers which of the shown words has appeared before, which trains verbal memory and vocabulary.
Once a child can read, it suits them from age 7.
Yes, it works on phones, tablets and computers with nothing to install.
Playing 5 to 10 minutes a day increases the capacity of verbal memory.
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