Working memory is a form of sho-term memory that keeps information available, usually for very sho periods, while the individual plans action based on it. Working memory areas are connected to the hippocampus and the adjacent parahippocampal poions of the medial temporal coex. Ref: Barrett K.E., Barman S.M., Boitano S., Brooks H.L. (2012). Chapter 15. Learning, Memory, Language, & Speech. In K.E. Barrett, S.M. Barman, S. Boitano, H.L. Brooks (Eds), Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology, 24e.