Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user’s guide

By Andrew R. A. Conway, M. Kane, Michael F. Bunting, David Z. Hambrick, Oliver Wilhelm, R. Engle. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2005

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Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Phonological similarity effects in simple and complex span tasks (2011, methodology): “Serial recall The partial-credit-load method was used to score all the span tasks (Conway et al., 2005).”
A review of depression and suicide risk assessment using speech analysis (2015, methodology): “, 2011) and the Stroop test (Stroop, 1935), Sternberg recognition task (Oberauer, 2001) or memory span tests (Conway et al., 2005) for cognitive load.”
Both handwriting speed and selective attention are important to lecture note-taking (2014, background): “, our instruction not to write down the last word of the last sentence first) or individual differences in completing the processing component (verification of the meaningfulness of the sentences), which can have an effect on rehearsal times (Conway et al., 2005).”
Reevaluating key evidence for the development of rehearsal: phonological similarity effects in children are subject to proportional scaling artifacts. (2013, neutral): “Developmental Science, 13, 120-133. doi: 10.1111/j.14677687.2009.00864.x Conway, A. R. A., Kane, M. J., Bunting, M. F., Hambrick, D. Z., Wilhelm, O., & Engle, R. W. (2005).”
Function in the Human Connectome: Task-fMRI and Individual Differences in Behavior (2013, background): “The most commonly usedmeasure of fluid intelligence is Raven's Progressive Matrices (Christoff et al., 2001; Conway et al., 2005; Gray et al., 2003, 2005; Prabhakaran et al., 1997; Wendelken et al., 2008).”
For Whom the Mind Wanders, and When (2007, methodology): “span tasks) in that memoranda are presented in alternation with a secondary task (Conway et al., 2005).”
Quantitative Review Finds No Evidence of Cognitive Effects in Healthy Populations From Single-session Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS). (2015, background): “The length of the final number string an individual is able to accurately report back is a measure of digit-span recall WM [13].”
On the division of short-term and working memory: an examination of simple and complex span and their relation to higher order abilities. (2007, methodology): “Although correct responses in simple and complex span tasks can be scored in several different ways (see, e.g., Conway et al., 2005; Friedman & Miyake, 2005), we focus on two of the most popular methods.”
The differential role of verbal and visuospatial working memory in mathematics and reading (2018, positive): “The partial credit scoring method was used for scoring purposes (Conway et al., 2005; Giofrè & Mammarella, 2014).”
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition (2007, positive): “Reading span, for example, presents to-be-recalled items, such as words, in alternation with sentences to comprehend; operation span presents memoranda in alternation with equations to verify (Conway et al., 2005).”
Behavioural Brain Research (2016, neutral): “Testing began shortly after completion of Experiment 1.”
Measuring Working Memory Capacity With Automated Complex Span Tasks (2012, neutral): “For the traditional CSTs, partial-credit scores have higher internal consistencies (Conway et al., 2005; Friedman & Miyake, 2005) and stronger relationships with reading comprehension (Friedman & Miyake, 2005) and matrix reasoning (Unsworth & Engle, 2007) compared to absolute-scoring scores.”
Exploring the Link Between Mind Wandering, Mindfulness, and Creativity: A Multidimensional Approach (2018, neutral): “Research has shown that the experience of MW is associated with reduction in both executive control (as in working-memory capacity, see Conway et al., 2005; Redick et al., 2012; Schooler et al., 2011) and attentional control abilities (as in increased MW under the influence of alcohol; see…”
Which Working Memory Functions Predict Intelligence (2008, background): “For example, in the complex span procedure (Conway et al., 2005) encoding of memory items alternates with processing of other material that should not be recalled.”
What are the differences between long-term, short-term, and working memory? (2008, background): “…especially fluid intelligence) better than measures of short-term memory and, in fact, possibly better than measures of any other particular psychological process (e.g., Daneman and Carpenter, 1980; Kyllonen and Christal, 1990; Daneman and Merikle, 1996; Engle et al., 1999; Conway et al., 2005).”