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| Terms | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Warrington's Face/Word Recognition Test | task | No definition submitted yet |
| Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence | task | The WASI meets the demand for a reliable, brief measure of intellectual ability in clinical, educational and research settings for ages 6 to 89 years. With parallel forms of WAIS-IIIUK and WISC-IIIUK subtests, it offers the clinician a means of reducing practice effects on repeat testing... |
| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised | task | a general test of intelligence, which Wechsler defined as, "... the global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment." In keeping with this definition of intelligence as an aggregate of mental aptitudes or abilities, the WAIS-R consists of 11 subtests divided into two parts, verbal and performance... |
| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised | task | used with adults ages 16 to 90 and measures cognitive ability using a core battery of 10 unique subtests that focus on four specific domains of intelligence: verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory, and processing speed... |
| Wechsler Memory Scale – Fourth Edition | task | Areas of Assessment Updated Test Structure The WMS-IV has had significant changes to the overall test structure. Based on feedback from customers, we are introducing four new subtests and modifying three existing subtests... |
| WISC-R Mazes | task | This task involves completing a series of increasingly complex mazes. |
| Wisconsin Card Sorting test | task | The participant is presented with stimulus cards with shapes on them. The cards differ in color of the shapes, number of the shapes, and the form of the shapes. The participant is asked to sort these cards into two piles... |
| wisdom | concept | accumulated philosophic or scientific learning. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| word | concept | something that is said; a speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units capable of independent use; a written or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word... |
| word attack | task | No definition submitted yet |
| word comprehension | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| word frequency | concept | Disambiguation |
| word frequency (token) | concept | is the number of times (typically per million) that the word appears in print (as estimated from a sizable corpus). Token frequency refers to the number of times the exact word (i.e. the token) appears in print. |
| word frequency (type) | concept | is the number of times (typically per million) that the word appears in print (as estimated from a sizable corpus). Type frequency refers to the number of times a word type appears in print, where a word type includes multiple forms of the same word (e... |
| word generation | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| Word generation task | task | No definition submitted yet |
| word identification | task | No definition submitted yet |
| word order | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| word production | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| word pronunciation | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| word recognition | concept | the ability of a reader to recognize written words correctly and virtually effortlessly. (From http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/MC_Word_Recognition.htm) |
| word repetition | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| word-picture verification task | task | is an experimental paradigm where a picture of an object is presented along with either an auditory or written word and participants indicate whether the word and the picture refer to the same concept... |
| Word–picture verification task | task | No definition submitted yet |
| working memory | concept | active maintenance and flexible updating of goal/task relevant information (items, goals, strategies, etc.) in a form that resists interference but has limited capacity. These representations may involve flexible binding of representations, may be characterized by the absence of external support for the internally maintained representations, and are frequently temporary due to ongoing interference |
| working memory retrieval | concept | The process of accessing information that is maintained in working memory; the sub-process by which the contents of working memory are accessed. |
| working memory storage | concept | The maintenance of information of working memory; a sub-component of working memory that allows for contents of working memory to be retained. |
| writing | concept | No definition submitted yet |