A Preliminary Investigation of the Running Digit Span As a Test of Working Memory

The objective of this study was to compare performance on different versions of the running span task, and to examine the relationship between task performance and tests of episodic memory and executive function. We found that the average capacity of the running span was approximately 4 digits, and...

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Autores principales: Jahanshahi, Marjan, Saleem, T., Ho, Aileen K., Fuller, R., Dirnberger, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19491471
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2008-0212
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Fuller, R.
Dirnberger, Georg
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description The objective of this study was to compare performance on different versions of the running span task, and to examine the relationship between task performance and tests of episodic memory and executive function. We found that the average capacity of the running span was approximately 4 digits, and at long sequence lengths, performance was no longer affected by varying the running span window. Both episodic and executive function measures correlated with short and long running spans, suggesting that a simple dissociation between immediate memory and executive processes in short and long running digit span tasks may not be warranted.
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spelling pubmed-54524792017-06-14 A Preliminary Investigation of the Running Digit Span As a Test of Working Memory Jahanshahi, Marjan Saleem, T. Ho, Aileen K. Fuller, R. Dirnberger, Georg Behav Neurol Research Article The objective of this study was to compare performance on different versions of the running span task, and to examine the relationship between task performance and tests of episodic memory and executive function. We found that the average capacity of the running span was approximately 4 digits, and at long sequence lengths, performance was no longer affected by varying the running span window. Both episodic and executive function measures correlated with short and long running spans, suggesting that a simple dissociation between immediate memory and executive processes in short and long running digit span tasks may not be warranted. IOS Press 2008 2009-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5452479/ /pubmed/19491471 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2008-0212 Text en Copyright © 2008 Hindawi Publishing Corporation and the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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