{"id":8561,"date":"2017-09-30T07:19:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T22:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibpsych.themantic-education.com\/?p=8561"},"modified":"2020-06-09T10:23:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T01:23:21","slug":"working-memory-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/09\/30\/working-memory-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Memory Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before diving in to the study of Baddeley and Hitch&#8217;s working memory model, it&#8217;s important that you first comprehend what &#8220;working memory&#8221; is. I&#8217;ve found that playing some of these games is a fun way to comprehend the concept of working memory and it will make your it easier to understand your teacher&#8217;s explanations of things like the central executive, phonological loop, and visuospatial sketchpad.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Burger Builder: Visuospatial Working Memory\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.memory-improvement-tips.com\/burger-builder.html\">Link<\/a>) (Play the HTML version &#8211; not Flash)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Digit Span Test\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorylosstest.com\/free-working-memory-tests-online\/\">Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Visual Spatial Test (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorylosstest.com\/working-memory-training-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Verbal Memory Test (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanbenchmark.com\/tests\/verbal-memory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Visual Memory Test (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanbenchmark.com\/tests\/memory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Number Memory Test (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanbenchmark.com\/tests\/number-memory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>N-back Task (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psytoolkit.org\/experiment-library\/experiment_nback.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><em>Do you have any other good working memory games? 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