The Digit Span Backwards Task

Hilbert, Sven; Nakagawa, Tristan T.; Puci, Patricia; Zech, Alexandra; Bühner, Markus (2015): The Digit Span Backwards Task. Verbal and Visual Cognitive Strategies in Working Memory Assessment. In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment, Vol. 31, No. 3: pp. 174-180

Abstract

The "digit span backwards" (DSB) is the most commonly used test in clinical neuropsychology to assess working memory capacity. Yet, it remains unclear how the task is solved cognitively. The present study was conducted to examine the use of visual and verbal cognitive strategies in the DSB. Further, the relationship between the DSB and a complex span task, based on the Simultaneous Storage and Processing task (Oberauer et al., 2003), was investigated. Visualizers performed better

• Item Type: Journal article
• Form of publication: Publisher's Version
• Keywords: cognitive strategy; cognitive style; digit span backwards; working memory assessment
• Faculties: Psychology and Education Science > Department Psychology > Psychological Methodology and Diagnostic
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology
• ISSN: 1015-5759
• Alliance/National Licence: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
• Language: English