Reading Span Task (RST)

The reading span task (RST) assesses memory span. The original RST required participants to read series of unconnected sentences aloud and to remember the final word of each sentence of a series (grouped according to the total number of sentences). With each sentence presented on a card, participants were cued to recall the memorized end-of-sentence words in their original order by a blank card at the end of a series. The number of sentences of a series was incrementally increased until a participant's reading span, or the maximum number of final words correctly recalled, was found.

In NTR project YE_ATTEF3, working memory capacity was measured with a digit span task, a computer-based version of the classic Reading Span Task.

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  • Young Netherlands Twin Register

  • YE_ATTEF3
    •   C
    15.0 - 23.0 years   From 2007-01-01 to 2010-01-01
    Mode of collection MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Analysis unit Individual
    References
    Daneman, M., & Carpenter, P. A. (1980). Individual differences in working memory and reading. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 19(4), 450–466. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5371(80)90312-6
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