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span/supra-span test
Participants are given sequences to recall that exceed their working memory span, usually by about 2 items, however the sequence contains a smaller repeating sequence(s) among the non-repeating items.



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working memory
  • supra-span minus span
 

cognitive load
  • supra-span minus span
 

sequence learning
  • supra-span minus span
 

chunking
  • supra-span minus span
 


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Definition contributed by CTorgerson about one year ago:

Participants are given sequences to recall that exceed their working memory span, usually by about 2 items, however the sequence contains a smaller repeating sequence(s) among the non-repeating items.

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about three years ago:

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View Term Event Log
Involvement of the hippocampus in implicit learning of supra-span sequences: The case of sj.
Gagnon S, Foster J, Turcotte J, Jongenelis S
Cognitive neuropsychology (Cogn Neuropsychol)
2004 Dec 1
Open Abstract | Citation Profile

Researching a differential impairment of frontal functions and explicit memory in early Parkinson's disease.
Farina E, Gattellaro G, Pomati S, Magni E, Perretti A, Cannatà AP, Nichelli P, Mariani C
(Eur J Neurol)
2000 May
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