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backward digit span task
a test used to measure working memory, attention, concentration, and mental control. In a typical test of memory span, a list of random numbers or letters is read out loud or presented on a computer screen at the rate of one per second. The test begins with two to three numbers, increasing until the person commits errors. At the end of a sequence, the person being tested is asked to recall the items in reverse of the presented order.


Descendant of: digit span task

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NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_span
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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:

a test used to measure working memory, attention, concentration, and mental control. In a typical test of memory span, a list of random numbers or letters is read out loud or presented on a computer screen at the rate of one per second. The test begins with two to three numbers, increasing until the person commits errors. At the end of a sequence, the person being tested is asked to recall the items in reverse of the presented order.

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Definition contributed by BGregory about two years ago:

a test used to measure working memory, attention, concentration, and mental control. In a typical test of memory span, a list of random numbers or letters is read out loud or presented on a computer screen at the rate of one per second. The test begins with two to three numbers, increasing until the person commits errors. At the end of a sequence, the person being tested is asked to recall the items in reverse of the presented order. (from Wikipedia)

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Verbal working memory impairment in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: evidence from the digit span task.
Conklin HM, Curtis CE, Katsanis J, Iacono WG
(Am J Psychiatry)
2000 Feb
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