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Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user’s guide
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Working memory (WM) span tasks-and in particular, counting span, operation span, and reading span tasks-are widely used measures of WM capacity. Despite their popularity, however, there has never been a comprehensive analysis of the merits of WM span tasks as measurement tools. Here, we review the genesis of these tasks and discuss how and why they came to be so influential. In so doing, we address the reliability and validity of the tasks, and we consider more technical aspects of the tasks, such as optimal administration and scoring procedures. Finally, we discuss statistical and methodological techniques that have commonly been used in conjunction with WM span tasks, such as latent variable analysis and extreme-groups designs.
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“In other words, the low working memory conditions control for encoding, because the high working memory conditions involve both encoding and working memory maintenance/recall (29, 97).”
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“no study of ADHD-related heterogeneity has simultaneously measured and controlled for all three primary executive functions (Miyake et al., 2000), and conclusions may be limited by the use of single tasks to assess neurocognitive construct(s) (Conway et al., 2005).”
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“As noted by Coghill et al. (2014), no study of ADHD-related heterogeneity has simultaneously measured and controlled for all three primary executive functions (Miyake et al., 2000), and conclusions may be limited by the use of single tasks to assess neurocognitive construct(s) (Conway et al., 2005).”
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“The proportion of stimuli correct per trial (% recalled correctly) during the recall phases of the word span and stroop span tasks was used to assess working memory capacity as recommended (29, 97).”
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“Stated differently, 96% of a person’s executive function abilities are not captured by informant-rated scales (.22 = 4% shared variance between informant-rated and performance-based methods for assessing the same construct)131.”
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“the results revealed that traditional scoring of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV digit span backward subtest (a commonly used task assumed to test working memory) failed to predict working memory or achievement and instead showed moderate correspondence with fluid reasoning (general factor g)131.”
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“연구 참여 학생들의 작업 기억을 측정하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 Conway 외 5인 (2005)에서 활용한 읽기 폭 과제를 선택하였고, 이를 예비 검사를 통해 고등학교 2학년 학생들의 수준에 맞추어 수정하였다.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Conway, A. R. A., Kane, M. J., Bunting, M. F., Hambrick, D. Z., Wilhelm, O., & Engle, R. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Conway, Andrew R. A.
- Venue
- Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
- Published
- 2005-10
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 769-786
- ISSN
- 1069-9384 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-5320
- OpenAlex
- W2164740960
- Cited by
- 2,882
- References
- 103
- Citations by year
- 2026: 105 · 2025: 177 · 2024: 165 · 2023: 140 · 2022: 150 · 2021: 186 · 2020: 176 · 2019: 218 · 2018: 161 · 2017: 176 · 2016: 170 · 2015: 187 · 2014: 151 · 2013: 159 · 2012: 137
- FWCI
- 7.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) (submittedVersion)
- 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 › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- working memory span, operation span, reading span, working memory capacity, reliability statistics, validity, test administration, scoring methods, latent variable analysis
- MeSH terms
- Group Processes, Humans, Memory, Psychological Theory, Reading
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