Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Working memory - why is it deemphasized here?

I'm interested in the idea that WM could be improved. I'd really like to improve my spatial working memory. It's truly a handicap. Like Dude, I can navigate from maps, although I am not fantastic at it. (I'm average at it, I think.) But I literally can get turned around in an instant--my brain just doesn't seem to retain spatial information. I also have mild face blindness, which must be memory-based as well. Both these things are socially awkward and embarrassing. I've wondered if I could get any better at this stuff using the various brain training programs that are out there. My husband, who has a very even profile and is very globally gifted, did not use to believe me when I admitted total ignorance of where places were and didn't recognize people. I don't know why he thought I would fake it, but he just could not believe I would be this clueless. (OTOH, he is astonished by how fast I read and write.) My brain is really all over the place. Fortunately for them, my kids seem to have none of my scatter, although DD is maybe a little poor at face recognition.