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Digit Span

Resources and information for administering the Digit Span with Inquisit.

Scripts

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Auditory Digit Span Test
A script that implements the Auditory Digit Span (both forward and backward recall).

Last Updated: Apr 22, 2012, 6:19PM
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Visual Digit Span
A script that implements a Visual Digit Span (both forward and backward recall).

Last Updated: Apr 22, 2012, 6:19PM
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Selected Bibliography

Lumiley, F. H., and Calhoon, S. W.(1934). Memory Span for Words Presented Auditorially. Applied Psychology, 18, 773-784.

Blankenship, A.B. (1938). Memory span: A review of the literature. Psychological Bulletin, 35, 1-25.

Daneman, M., & Carpenter, P. A. (1980). Individual differences in working memory and reading. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 19, 450-466.

Drewnowski, A., Murdock, B. B. (1980). The role of auditory features in memory span for words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 6, 319 – 332.

Conway, A. R. A., Kane, M. J., Bunting, M. F., Hambrick, D. Z., Wilhelm, O., & Engle, R. W. (2005). Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user’s guide. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 769-786.

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