title: Verbal memory
text: # Verbal memory
  
  Verbal memory is a term used in cognitive psychology which refers to memory of words and other abstractions involving language.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  