Digit Span

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Digit Span

Basic Characteristics

• Description

Digit span is the number of items (numbers) that a person can retain and recall. Digit span is considered a measure of working memory although attention and comprehension also contribute to performance.

• History

• References

Silver and Goodman, 2008. Verbal as well as spatial working memory predicts visuospatial processing in male schizophrenia patients PMID 18294818

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External Resources

• Links out:
  • Google: Digit Span
  • Wikipedia: Digit Span
  • PubBrain: Digit Span
  • PubMed: Digit Span
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• Database links
  • Phenowiki Papers For Digit Span