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spatial span test TASK
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part of the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale and Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery, it is an analog to a digit span task. White squares are shown, some of which briefly change colour in a variable sequence. The participant must then touch the boxes which changed colour in the same order that they were displayed by the computer (for clinical mode) or in the reverse order (for reverse mode). The number of boxes increases from 2 at the start of the test to 9 at the end, and the sequence and colour are varied through the test.

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Definition contributed by Anonymous
spatial span test has been asserted to measure the following CONCEPTS
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Phenotypes associated with spatial span test

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CONDITIONS

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CONTRASTS

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false positives(edit)
span length(edit)

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INDICATORS
number of attempts
response time

An indicator is a specific quantitative or qualitative variable that is recorded for analysis. These may include behavioral variables (such as response time, accuracy, or other measures of performance) or physiological variables (including genetics, psychophysiology, or brain imaging data).

Term BIBLIOGRAPHY

Working memory task performance and chunking in early Alzheimer's disease.
Huntley J, Bor D, Hampshire A, Owen A, Howard R
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (Br J Psychiatry)
2011 May
Verbal and Visuospatial Span in Logopenic Progressive Aphasia and Alzheimer's Disease.
Foxe DG, Irish M, Hodges JR, Piguet O
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS (J Int Neuropsychol Soc)
2013 Jan 8
Functional equivalence of WAIS-III/WMS-III digit and spatial span under forward and backward recall conditions.
Wilde N, Strauss E
The Clinical neuropsychologist (Clin Neuropsychol)
2002 Aug