[hyperthesis]

Can't read without an account.

Also "working memory" is short-term storage, like registers, the details of what you're thinking about right now. Not memory of past events, like your wedding day.

[antegamisou]

Yeah I have no idea what definition the OP had in mind. Nonexistent working memory must be devastating:

    Working memory is a cognitive system with a limited capacity that can hold information temporarily.
    It is important for reasoning and the guidance of decision-making and behavior.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory

[westurner]

Memory improvement > Strategies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_improvement#Strategies

Hippocampal prosthesis, Cortical implant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampal_prosthesis

Cortical implant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortical_implant

Digital immortality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_immortality

External memory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_memory_(psychology)

[dboreham]

Yes but if new data gets lost before committed to long term memory, then the result is the same.

[mlhpdx]

As another person with low working memory (but decent long term memory) I can posit things aren’t that simple. Working memory has to be wired for recall, and my guess is that wiring may be different from what connects to longer term persistence. Someday soon perhaps we’ll understand just how complex it all really is…

[FuckButtons]

Yeah, unfortunately adhd turns both of them into a sieve made of swiss cheese.