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The Backward Span of the Corsi Block-Tapping Task and Its Association With the WAIS-III Digit Span
- Source :
- Assessment, 15, 4, pp. 426-434, Assessment, 15, 426-434
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2008.
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Abstract
- Item does not contain fulltext The Corsi Block-Tapping Task measures visuospatial short-term and working memory, but a standardized backward condition is lacking. The authors present a standardized backward procedure that was examined in 246 healthy older adults (ages 50 to 92), comparing the results with the Digit Span subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition. Principal component analysis resulted in a two-factor model, dissociating a verbal and a spatial working-memory factor. Also the Corsi backward is not more difficult than the Corsi forward, in contrast to the Digit Span backward that is more difficult than the Digit Span forward. This may suggest that the Corsi Block-Tapping Task backward task relies on processing within working-memory's slave systems, whereas the Digit Span backward also relies on the central executive component of working memory. Finally, regression-based normative data and cutoff scores for older adults are presented for use in clinical practice. 9 p.
- Subjects :
- Male
Aging
Psychometrics
Spatial ability
Short-term memory
Neuropsychological Tests
Task (project management)
Cognition
Cognitive neurosciences [UMCN 3.2]
Perception and Action [DCN 1]
Memory span
Humans
Alzheimer Centre [NCEBP 11]
Applied Psychology
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Intelligence Tests
Psychological Tests
Neuro- en revalidatiepsychologie
Intelligence quotient
Working memory
Neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology
Age Factors
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Plasticity and Memory [DI-BCB_DCC_Theme 3]
Psychological determinants of chronic illness [NCEBP 8]
Middle Aged
Clinical Psychology
Memory, Short-Term
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Female
Determinants of Health and Disease [EBP 1]
Cognition Disorders
Psychology
Functional Neurogenomics [DCN 2]
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15523489 and 10731911
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Assessment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....018c058198ace6b1e68ccb734dace8d0