This project is based on the neuropsychological characterization of attention and memory in first semester students of the faculty of psychology of the cooperative university of Colombia headquarters Medellin, A study of quantitative type was carried out, a total of 82 students were counted between the ages of 16-45. The evaluation tools used were the NEUROPSI Battery Attention and Memory. which reveals a standard behavior over the population mean with values below the cutoff score in some cases and above others, in these results it is finally sought to characterize the processes of attention and memory.