A preliminary investigation of the running digit span as a test of working memory

Jahanshahi, M., Saleem, T., Ho, A.K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2581-126X, Fuller, R. and Dirnberger, G. (2008) A preliminary investigation of the running digit span as a test of working memory. Behavioural Neurology, 20 (1-2). pp. 17-25. ISSN 0953-4180 doi: 10.3233/ben-2008-0212

Abstract/Summary

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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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences
Uncontrolled Keywords	Running span, episodic memory, executive function, monitoring, updating, DORSOLATERAL FRONTAL-CORTEX, SHORT-TERM-MEMORY, PARKINSONS-DISEASE, IMMEDIATE MEMORY, TASKS, LOBE, GENERATION, MOVEMENT, CAPACITY, LESIONS
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