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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Digit Span"”.
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Effect of music by Mozart and sounds claiming to contain beta-frequency enhancing audio signals on backward digit span recall
… completed a consent form, a pretest backward digit span task, a pretest state anxiety form, listened to 15 minutes of the independent variable, completed a posttest anxiety form, completed the posttest backward digit span task, and completed a demographic data form before being debriefed. …
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The Effect of Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Memory Scan and Memory Span in Working Memory
… at these factors across two measures, memory span tasks and memory scan tasks. This study also examined the extent to which verbal ability modulates the effect of alcohol on working memory performance.</p> <p>Seventy-eight male subjects participated in the present study. Subjects who reported …
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Comparison of an Acute Bout of Exercise to a Sugary Snack on Energy, Mood and Cognitive Performance
… States Questionnaire, and Automated Operation Span (OSPAN) and Digit Span tests to measure memory and attention. On two separate days subjects consumed candy or walked on a treadmill for 10 minutes, then measurements were repeated at 30-min, 60-min, and 120-min post. Two-way ANOVA over time …
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Theory of mind development and executive functioning in elementary school children
… verbal ability (sentence memory, and forward digit span), matrix completion, executive functioning (backward digit span), and second-order theory of mind tasks were obtained. Partial correlations of the measures controlling for age revealed verbal ability to be significantly correlated with …
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Measuring attention: An evaluation of the Search and Cancellation of Ascending Numbers (SCAN) and the short form of the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS)
… and Cancellation of Ascending Numbers (SCAN), Digit Span, and Visual Search and Attention Test (VSAT). Data suggest the measures represent a common construct interpreted to be attention. An auditory distracter condition of the SCAN did not distract participants, while the measure exhibited …
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PHONOLOGICAL AND LEXICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO READING AND SPELLING IN ENGLISH: A COMPARISON OF ENGLISH-L1, MANDARIN-L1 AND MALAY-L1 BILINGUAL CHILDREN
… OF TWO PHONOLOGICAL MEMORY MEASURES (DIGIT SPAN AND NONWORD REPETITION), AND LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE (RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY) TO SUBSEQUENT READING AND SPELLING PERFORMANCE WERE EXAMINED IN A LONGITUDINAL STUDY INVOLVING 7-8-YEAR-OLD BILINGUAL CHILDREN (N=82) WITH ENGLISH, MANDARIN, OR MALAY …
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Effects of Brain Injury Severity and Effort on Neuropsychological Tests of Attention
… memory were assessed by performance on the Digit Span Forward subtest, the Stroop Color Word Test, the Trail Making Test, the Conners' Continuous Performance Test - II, and Digit Span Backwards subtest, respectively. Effort was determined according to performance on the Portland Digit …
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Generalization of Memory Scanning and Visual Search Principles to Higher Order Information Processing
… detection and a concurrent serial recall digit-span task. Subjects could simultaneously perform the digit-span task and CM category search without deficit. However, combining VM category search and the digit-span task resulted in substantial performance deficit. Experiment 4 demonstrated …
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The Negative Impact of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Working Memory of Icelandic University Students
… PTSD showed significantly worse performance on OSPAN and Backward Digit Span than participants without PTSD. Participants with PTSD performed worse on immediate and delayed recall than participants without PTSD. Participants with PTSD performed better on Forward Digit Span than participants …
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Non-Word Repetition and Vocabulary in Adolescents who are Blind
… indicated strong working memory, as measured by digit span tests, and phonological memory, as measured by non-word repetition tasks. However, research related to vocabulary skills is limited and often contradictory. Some indicates that those who are blind have poor vocabulary skills, perhaps due …
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An examination of the Effectiveness of a Cognitive Group Intervention for People with Acquired Brain Injury
… Sustained Attention Response Task (SART); and Digit-Span Task) and questionnaires (Community Integration Questionnaire; Satisfaction With Life Scale; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Cognitive Group Self-Evaluation; and Knowledge of Brain Injury Questionnaire) at three timepoints over a …
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Neuropsychological Sequelae of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Later Adulthood
… error, vigilance task, WAIS III forward digit span, WAIS III Block Design, phonemic and semantic fluency, and WAIS III backward digit span). The medical sequelae model predicted OSA status 89% accurately based on the predictors (BMI, depression, subjective sleep quality, age, …
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Cognitive Functioning of Male Adult Children of Alcoholics and Control Subjects While Under the Influence of Acute Alcohol Intoxication
… conditions using cognitive measures (Digit Span, Trail Making, Digit Symbol) at baseline, peak and descent phase of the session that have been associated with proposed evoked potential and neuropsychological deficits among subjects with a positive history for alcoholism. The results …
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Exploring the Effects of Breathing Exercises with a Humanoid Robot on Cognitive Functioning
… and after the interventions, including memory, digit-span, and n-back tasks. The results demonstrated significant improvements in cognitive performance, particularly in the memory and digit-span tasks for the short-term intervention group. EEG analysis revealed increased power in the alpha and …
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Underlying Contribution of Executive Functioning to Cognition and Academic Achievement in Individuals with Dystrophinopathy
… Finally, given the consistent finding of reduced digit span, specific executive weaknesses were examined for their contribution to digit span performance to further specify compromised cognitive constructs. Clearly defining cognitive functioning among individuals affected by the dystrophinopathies …
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The relationship between scholastic performance and neuropsychological functioning in a sample of institutionalised children
… Test (multiple choice format) and the WISC-R Digit Span subtest. Concentration was examined by combining 3 WISC-R subtest measures (Arithmetic, Digit Span & Coding) to yield a "Freedom from Distractibility" index. 5) The Personal Parameter: This included details of the children's heights and …
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The Preschool Kitchen Task Assessment (PKTA): Assessing Validity of a Performance-based Assessment of Executive Function
… Change Card Sort, and the Forward and Backward Digit Span Tasks. Relationships between scores were examined by calculating a Pearson <em>r </em>correlation.</p> <p><strong><em>Results. </em></strong>A good significant correlation was found between the PKTA total score and the BRIEF-P Inhibitory …
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Exploring the Utility of the Children’s Kitchen Task Assessment for Use with Six-Year-Olds
… Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV Digit Span), a neuropsychological assessment of executive functioning. Parents completed a background questionnaire as well as the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning – Parent Form (Parent BRIEF). The children’s performance on the …
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