Verbal memory
{{Short description|Form of memory}}
Verbal memory is a term used in cognitive psychology which refers to memory of words and other abstractions involving language. A variety of tests is used to test verbal memory, including learning lists or pairs of words, or recalling a story after it has been told. Verbal memory deals with memory of spoken information.{{Citation |last1=Tatsumi |first1=Itaru F. |title=Verbal Memory |date=2009 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Neuroscience |pages=4176–4178 |editor-last=Binder |editor-first=Marc D. |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_6266 |access-date=2024-08-07 |place=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_6266 |isbn=978-3-540-23735-8 |last2=Watanabe |first2=Masumi |editor2-last=Hirokawa |editor2-first=Nobutaka |editor3-last=Windhorst |editor3-first=Uwe|url-access=subscription }}
Verbal encoding
Verbal encoding refers to the interpretation of verbal stimuli. Verbal encoding appears to be strongly left-lateralized in the medial temporal lobe of the human brain; however, its functional neuroanatomy can vary between individuals.A. Jansen, A.; Sehlmeyer, C.; Pfleiderer, B.; Sommer, J.; Konrad, C.; Zwitserlood, P.; Knecht S. [http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0303846708002771 "Assessment of Verbal Memory by fMRI: Lateralization and Functional Neuroanatomy"]. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. Volume 111, Issue 1. pp. 57–62.
Verbal recall
Verbal recall refers to the recollection of verbal information. Although left-lateralization is typically associated with language, studies suggest that symmetrical bi-lateralization of language in the brain is advantageous to verbal recall.Catani*,†,‡,§, Marco; Allin†, Matthew P.G.; Husain¶, Masud; Pugliese*, Lucas; Mesulam‖, Marsel M.; Murray†, Robin M.; Jones**, Derek K. [http://www.pnas.org/content/104/43/17163.full "Symmetries in Human Brain Language Pathways Correlate with Verbal Recall]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.