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TY - JOUR
T1 - A working memory test battery
T2 - Java-based collection of seven working memory tasks
AU - Stone, James Michael
AU - Towse, John
PY - 2015/6/5
Y1 - 2015/6/5
N2 - Working memory is a key construct within cognitive science. It is an important theory in its own right, but the influence of working memory is enriched due to the widespread evidence that measures of its capacity are linked to a variety of functions in wider cognition. To facilitate the active research environment into this topic, we describe seven computer-based tasks that provide estimates of short-term and working memory incorporating both visuospatial and verbal material. The memory span tasks provided are; digit span, matrix span, arrow span, reading span, operation span, rotation span, and symmetry span. These tasks are built to be simple to use, flexible to adapt to the specific needs of the research design, and are open source. All files can be downloaded from the project website http://www.cognitivetools.uk and the source code is available via Github.
AB - Working memory is a key construct within cognitive science. It is an important theory in its own right, but the influence of working memory is enriched due to the widespread evidence that measures of its capacity are linked to a variety of functions in wider cognition. To facilitate the active research environment into this topic, we describe seven computer-based tasks that provide estimates of short-term and working memory incorporating both visuospatial and verbal material. The memory span tasks provided are; digit span, matrix span, arrow span, reading span, operation span, rotation span, and symmetry span. These tasks are built to be simple to use, flexible to adapt to the specific needs of the research design, and are open source. All files can be downloaded from the project website http://www.cognitivetools.uk and the source code is available via Github.
KW - Working Memory
KW - Computerised Cognitive Testing
KW - Cognitive Assessment
KW - Verbal Working Memory
KW - Visuospatial Working Memory
KW - Java
KW - Tatool
U2 - 10.5334/jors.br
DO - 10.5334/jors.br
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
JO - Journal of Open Research Software
JF - Journal of Open Research Software
M1 - e5
ER -