Face Working Memory Span Test
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Face Working Memory Span Test is a version of the Corsi Cubes Test (Corsi, 1972; Kessels et al., 2000; Wechsler, 1945) to which visual information (faces) and verbal information (Names). The objective of this task is to assess the span of working memory using stimuli similar to those that people handle in their daily lives.
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- What is measured:Visual short-term memory, phonological short-term memory, and memory span.
- Time allowed:Between approximately 40 seconds and 5 minutes, approximately.
- Areas of application:Sports, Sports Psychology, Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology, General Medicine and Research.
- Format:Online Computerized Test (PCs, cell phones, and tablets).
- Objective:Remember the name of each person and the order in which they are presented, and then reproduce them in the same order.
- Instructions:Faces with names on the screen will be highlighted in a specific order. Pay close attention to them and memorize the sequence's order and the name of each face so you can repeat it right after by dragging the names to the faces.
References
Corsi, P.M. (1972). Human memory and the medial temporal region of the brain (Ph.D.). McGill University.
Tulsky, D. S., Chiaravalloti, N. D., Palmer, B. W., & Chelune, G. J. (2003). The Wechsler Memory Scale, Third Edition. Clinical Interpretation of the WAIS-III and WMS-III, 93-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-012703570-3/50007-9