My daughter definitely can forget certain things, but so can other kids her age, and so can I. So far, I would not say that I see any major issues with memory, other than minor nuisances in my life (forgetting jackets or lunchboxes). If anything, I think her memory for most things is TOO good. She will remind me of stuff I said in passing months or years ago.
Good - it's better to be 'near YS' than YS level gifted in so many ways. But it's still good to know that your DD is 'darn close.'
'Working Memory' what is it? - it's very specific, and not much related to what we normally think of as Memory.
The computer analogy - I've got the world's fattest Hard Drive. I can get most things written onto the Hard Drive fast, acurately, and without much effort. Now let's talk about RAM. I've got a bitty little amount. I can see the big picture instantly, but if I try an 'run too many programs at once,' I make mistakes, and can't seem to hold on to important details.
Workbench analogy - Working memory is like one's mental workbench. Some people have a big honking workbench, and can lay out mentally lots of parts of a problem to search for a solution. A mom friend I know can visualize her daily schedule and that of her DH and 3 teen aged children. Amazing to me! If I need to do 3 errands in the next 30 minutes, I need a written list. It also works to send myself a text message. Once I've written down the list, or taken the time to type the text message, I rarely need it, because I've transfered the information from WM to Storage Memory. But something as complicated as our family schedule? I need external storage devices to suppliment the mental workbench.
Have you ever seen a presenter start with a giant pad of paper and ask the audience for questions at the start of a talk, and then check the pad towards the end to be sure she's adressed all the points? That's another example of someone externalizing her Working Memory.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory#Working_memoryhttp://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10678.aspxhttp://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10166.aspxLove and More Love,
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