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maxispan procedure  

Definition

  • A complex span task where participants are asked to rehearse the first three or four letters of a series aloud while memorizing the following letters for immediate serial recall.

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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. (2020-74576-001). https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000957

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Gorin, S., Camos, V., & Barrouillet, P. (2025). The maxispan procedure makes the phonological similarity effect disappear while increasing recall performance. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 32(2), 887–895. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02594-1

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

    • Dataset reference: Camos, V., Barrouillet, P., & Gorin, S. (2025, June 25). How to Make the Phonological Similarity Effect Disappear. https://osf.io/s2ptv

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-WN352KCP-3

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