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verbal span task  

Definition

  • In verbal span tasks, subjects are presented with increasing lists of digits, letters, or words that they are asked to remember in the order in which they were presented. The span is the maximum number of items that subjects can immediately recall.

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Synonym(s)

  • digit span task
  • digit span test
  • verbal span test
  • word span task
  • word span test

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Barrouillet, P., Gorin, S., & Camos, V. (2021). Simple spans underestimate verbal working memory capacity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(4), 633–665. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000957

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Study method of

In other languages

  • tâche d'empan verbal

    French

  • tâche d'empan de chiffres
  • tâche d'empan de mots
  • test d'empan de chiffres
  • test d'empan de mots
  • test d'empan verbal

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-R0KCMF21-F

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