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. 2025 Jan 30;25:88. doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-07181-3

Table 3.

A summary of the results associated with each category of memory

Memory type Result
Short term Memory No influence of pregnancy on this type of memory
Working Memory The backward digit span task did not find any significant declines in working memory, other research using different tasks found working memory performance variations
Long term Memory -Verbal Episodic Memory Verbal recall and verbal recognition are not affected during pregnancy
Long term memory- Implicit memory No influence of pregnancy on this type of memory
Visuospatial Memory No influence of pregnancy on this type of memory
Verbal Auditory Memory The verbal auditory memory is affected during pregnancy
Prospective Memory Prospective memory is affected during pregnancy