The concurrent validity and test?retest reliability of a visuospatial working memory task

HOCKEY, A; GEFFEN, G

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The concurrent validity and test?retest reliability of a visuospatial working memory task

HOCKEY, A, GEFFEN, G·2004·Intelligence

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N-back is an updating task that shows a substantial correlation with higher-level cognitive measures, including Matrix Reasoning.
“One of the most common tasks used in these WM training studies is the N-back, an updating task that correlates significantly with measures of higher-level cognition, such as Matrix Reasoning20–24.”
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Authors: HOCKEY, A., & GEFFEN, G.
Affiliations: The University of Queensland (AU)
Venue: Intelligence
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2004-12
Volume: 32
Issue: 6
Pages: 591-605
ISSN: 0160-2896 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2004.07.009
OpenAlex: W1997094494
Cited by: 115
References: 43
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 5
FWCI: 3.32
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Intelligence (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords: visuospatial working memory, n-back task, test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, reaction time, processing speed, working memory capacity

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