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counting span task  

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  • Method for measuring working memory capacity. Subjects are presented with sets of cards on which green dots and yellow dots are drawn. The task of the subject is to count out loud the number of green dots on each card. The first set has only one card, then the number of cards is gradually increased in the subsequent series. At the end of a series, the subject must recall the number of green dots on each card.

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  • • Case, R., Kurland, D. M., & Goldberg, J. (1982). Operational efficiency and the growth of short-term memory span. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 33(3), 386-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(82)90054-6

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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