Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user’s guide
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Summary
The genesis of these tasks is reviewed and how and why they came to be so influential, the reliability and validity of the tasks are addressed, and more technical aspects are considered, such as optimal administration and scoring procedures.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2005-10-01
- Cited by
- 2,771
- References
- 103
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W2164740960
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:9293149
Keywords
Working memory, Psychology, Memory span, Span (engineering), Cognitive psychology
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