'memory for words' is a correct phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to a person's ability to remember words in a particular language, such as for vocabulary tests or language exams. For example, "Jane has an impressive memory for words; she can remember almost any word in German that she reads once".
Tulving, E. & Osler, S. Effectiveness of retrieval cues in memory for words.
Andrillon, T. & Kouider, S. Implicit memory for words heard during sleep.
We were interested in whether this phenomenon applies to memory for words and designs (i.e., material specific memory).
Additional findings showed that bilateral superior parietal lobe activation was greatest for short-term memory for words, while left anterior inferior frontal gyri activation (centered around Brodmann's area 47) was greatest for single word reading.
The astonishing claim made by Bem – apparently supported by his experimental data – was that memory for words is improved even if the rehearsal does not take place until after recall has been tested.
To investigate the patterns of activation associated with sentence comprehension after controlling for single word reading and maintaining single words in memory, 20 unimpaired adult readers completed a block design paradigm which included sentence comprehension, single word reading, and short-term memory (for words) tasks.
The study demonstrated the usefulness of adopting a transfer appropriate processing approach to investigating memory for word valence in each hemisphere.
These findings are consistent with a recent study that examined memory for word lists and narrative texts in and around the introduction of shifts in the event structure (Pettijohn, Thompson, Tamplin, Krawietz, & Radvansky, 2016).
Schneider and Watkins [16] tested recognition memory for word lists with two participants responding loudly "old" or "new" after presentation of each item in the recognition phase.
Further, it has been proposed that arousal levels, irrespective of emotional mood valence, may be critical for feature binding in working memory [4] and long-term memory for word lists [5].
"Memory for word sequences" (GW) was the hardest factor to assess.
