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reading span task

A complex span task developed by Daneman and Carpenter (1980). The subject is asked to read increasing series of sentences and to remember the last word of each sentence. At the end of a series, he/she is asked to remember those words. The reading span is the maximum number of sentences for which the subject is able to remember the last word.

complex span task

In the reading span task, reading can be aloud or silent. In some versions, the subject is asked to judge whether the sentences are true or false.

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Daneman, M., & Carpenter, P. A. (1980). Individual differences in working memory and reading. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 19(4), 450-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5371(80)90312-6

• Document type: empirical study

• Access: closed
• Desmette, D. , Hupet, M., Schelstraete, M.-A., & Van den Linden, M. . (1995). Adaptation en langue française du « Reading Span Test » de Daneman et Carpenter (1980). L’Année Psychologique, 95(3), 459–482. https://doi.org/10.3406/psy.1995.28842.

• Document type: empirical study

• Access: open

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Frank Arnould

Study method of

tâche d'empan de lecture

French

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-DF6PXM1G-3

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