A Preliminary Investigation of the Running Digit Span As a Test of Working Memory

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...

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Main Authors: Marjan Jahanshahi, T. Saleem, Aileen K. Ho, R. Fuller, Georg Dirnberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2008-0212