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Waxy flexibility (cerea flexibilis) Wernicke's term for wax-rod like pliability of extremities in catatonia followed by maintenance of uncomfortable postures for prolonged periods Weber (test) Lateralization of sensory-neural hearing loss by placing vibrating tuning fork at mid-forehead to determine if it seems louder on one side Wernicke aphasia Fluent aphasia with impaired repetition, naming (no benefit from prompting), & comprehension, & paraphasias, from damage to left temporal lobe Witzelsucht Tendency to tell disinhibited inappropriate jokes seen in frontal syndromes Word salad Mixture of neologisms & meaningless phrases in psychotic speech Working memory Cognitive structures for temporary storage and manipulation of information (short-term memory)