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running span task  

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  • A method for studying working memory capacity. In a running span task, "each list continues for an unpredictable number of items, after which items from the end of the list are to be recalled." (Bunting et al., 2006, p. 1691).

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  • • Bunting, M., Cowan, N., & Scott Saults, J. (2006). How does running memory span work? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59(10), 1691–1700. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210600848402

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Pollack, I., Johnson, L. B., & Knaff, P. R. (1959). Running memory span. Journal of experimental psychology, 57(3), 137. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046137

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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