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Memory span

In psychology and neuroscience, memory span is the longest list of items that a person can repeat back in correct order immediately after presentation on 50% of all trials. Items may include words, numbers, or letters. The task is known as digit span when numbers are used. Memory span is a common measure of working memory and short-term memory. It is…

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As a functional aspect

Digit-span

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The memory span procedure

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The role of interference

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Memory span

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related to Extrinsic factors · 23
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related to The memory span procedure · 12
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related to The role of interference · 10
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related to As a structural aspect · 9
Memory span → Associability, If, In, It, Memory, Reproduction, Still, The, This
related to Digit-span · 8
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related to Factors · 8
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related to From simple span to complex span · 8
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related to Intrinsic factors · 8
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related to As a functional aspect · 5
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Memory span → common measure of working memory and short-term memory, longest list of items that a person can repeat back in correct order immediately after presentation on 50, more challenging variation which involves recalling items in reverse order

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span memory tasks working task also performance items factors words number digit individual presented order numbers one stimuli processing used

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Memory spanMeSHD0115811.00infobox
Memory spanis alongest list of items that a person can repeat back in correct order immediately after presentation on 500.90text
Memory spanis acommon measure of working memory and short-term memory0.90text
Memory spanis amore challenging variation which involves recalling items in reverse order0.90text
the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scaleinstance ofIt is also a component of cognitive ability tests0.80text
semanticsinstance ofpartially because performance on a digit-span task cannot be affected by factors0.80text
frequency of appearance in daily lifeinstance ofpartially because performance on a digit-span task cannot be affected by factors0.80text
complexityinstance ofpartially because performance on a digit-span task cannot be affected by factors0.80text
etcinstance ofpartially because performance on a digit-span task cannot be affected by factors0.80text
text comprehensioninstance ofFrom simple span to complex spanResearch in the 1970s has shown that memory span with digits and words is only weakly related to performance in complex cognitive tasks0.80text
which are assumed to depend on short-term memoryinstance ofFrom simple span to complex spanResearch in the 1970s has shown that memory span with digits and words is only weakly related to performance in complex cognitive tasks0.80text
Memory spanrelated to As a functional aspectFunctionally0.60section

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