Validating running memory span: Measurement of working memory capacity and links with fluid intelligence

Broadway, James M.; Engle, Randall W.

doi:10.3758/brm.42.2.563

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Validating running memory span: Measurement of working memory capacity and links with fluid intelligence

Broadway, James M., Engle, Randall W.·2010·Behavior Research Methods

DOI 10.3758/brm.42.2.563

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We manipulated running memory span tasks to examine effects on recall and relations with criterion measures of working memory capacity and general fluid intelligence. The goal of the manipulations was to limit or enhance opportunities for active input processing and response preparation in advance of test. We manipulated presentation rate in Experiment 1. Recall was higher at slow than at fast rates, but correlations with criterion measures were much the same across rate conditions. In Experiment 2, we manipulated the time at which the number of items to report was made known to the participants. They were given that information in advance (precue) or at test (postcue). Recall scores and correlations with criterion measures were much the same across cuing conditions. We conclude that running memory span provides valid measurement of working memory capacity that is predictive of higher order cognition across a wide range of conditions.

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Authors: Broadway, J. M., & Engle, R. W.
Affiliations: Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author: Broadway, James M.
ORCID: Engle, Randall W.
Venue: Behavior Research Methods
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2010-05
Volume: 42
Issue: 2
Pages: 563-570
ISSN: 1554-351X (ISSN-L)
1554-3528
DOI: 10.3758/brm.42.2.563
OpenAlex: W2003481449
Cited by: 184
References: 40
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 8.74
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
Locations: Behavior Research Methods (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords: working memory capacity, fluid intelligence, memory retrieval, presentation rate, precuing, response preparation, higher-order cognition, test validity
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Psychomotor Performance, Mental Recall, Time Factors

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