{"id":11180,"date":"2021-05-11T10:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T10:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/?page_id=11180"},"modified":"2022-05-02T07:22:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T07:22:17","slug":"visual-memory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/guide-vision-and-learning-difficulties\/guide-to-visual-information-processing\/visual-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does your child struggle with spelling or have comprehension difficulties? It could be a visual memory problem.<\/b><\/h2>\n

The ability to remember what we see is important to process short-term memory into long-term memory.<\/p>\n

Visual memory is necessary for most academic tasks, including reading, spelling, reading comprehension, math and copying from a board to a notebook.<\/b><\/p>\n

When a child has poor visual memory, school can become difficult.<\/p>\n

What is visual memory?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Visual memory is the ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. It allows a child to remember what a symbol, object, shape or form looked like, which is essential for learning.<\/p>\n

Visual memory for reading and writing<\/b><\/h2>\n

There are four specific visual memory skills that are necessary for success in reading and writing:<\/p>\n

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  1. Visual sensory memory<\/b> includes information that comes from any of the five senses (hearing, sight, smell, touch and taste). This type of memory enables you to remember a word or image that was shown for just a brief period of time and then easily recall that information.<\/li>\n
  2. Visual working memory<\/b> helps you to remember information for short periods of time, such as when asked to repeat a sentence in a story, or put the events of the story in proper sequence.<\/li>\n
  3. Visual spatial memory <\/b>allows you to create a picture of the information in your mind. This is necessary for many skills, such as understanding sequences of events, recalling text and images in a story, and remembering the correct spelling of a word.<\/li>\n
  4. Visual sequential memory <\/b>helps you to remember the sequence of letters, objects and events in the correct order. This is essential for spelling as well as comprehension of text.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Schedule an evaluation<\/b><\/a> with a vision therapy eye doctor who can help improve any visual problems your child may have.<\/p>\n

    SEE RELATED:<\/b> Visual Motor Integration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t

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