What Item Response Theory Can Tell Us About the Complex Span Tasks
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DOI: 10.1037/pas0000444
Abstract: Working memory capacity is an important construct in psychology because of its relationship with many higher-order cognitive abilities and psychopathologies. Working memory capacity is often measured using a type of paradigm known as complex span.… read more here.
Keywords: response theory; span; item response; span tasks ... See more keywords
Working memory span tasks: Group administration and omitting accuracy criterion do not change metric characteristics
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205169
Abstract: The study examined the psychometric characteristics of three automated working memory span tasks: operational, reading, and symmetry span task, administered in groups of participants. For each task, the metric characteristics of six scoring procedures were… read more here.
Keywords: metric characteristics; memory span; criterion; accuracy criterion ... See more keywords
Performance on the processing portion of complex working memory span tasks is related to working memory capacity estimates.
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DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01645-y
Abstract: Individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) have long been known to relate to performance in domains outside of WM, including attentional control, long-term memory, problem-solving, and fluid intelligence to name a few. Complex span… read more here.
Keywords: capacity; working memory; performance; span tasks ... See more keywords