Everything about Memory span
Longest list of items one can memorize immediately
In psychology and neuroscience, memory span is the longest list of items that a person can repeat back in correct order immediately after presentation on 50% of all trials. Items may include words, numbers, or letters. The task is known as digit span when numbers are used. Memory span is a common measure of working memory and short-term memory. It is also a component of cognitive ability tests such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). Backward memory span is a more challenging variation which involves recalling items in reverse order. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Memory spanA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Long-Short Term Memory Network-Based Monitoring Data Anomaly Detection of a Long-Span Suspension BridgeInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Opus und laborThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: INFORMATION, ACOUSTIC CONFUSION AND MEMORY SPANCited 478 times
- Go sideways: The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus TwoA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Baddeley's model of working memoryA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of working memory (short-term memory).
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
INFORMATION, ACOUSTIC CONFUSION AND MEMORY SPAN
Lymphocyte life-span and memory
Running memory span.
An experimental investigation of memory span.
Numerical memory span in a chimpanzee
Memory Span on the Wechsler Scales
The role of long‐term memory mechanisms in memory span
Why does memory span increase with age?
🆕 Influential since 2022
Long-Short Term Memory Network-Based Monitoring Data Anomaly Detection of a Long-Span Suspension Bridge
Modeling nonlinear flutter behavior of long‐span bridges using knowledge‐enhanced long short‐term memory network
Measuring working memory span with WAIS-IV: Digit sequence is the superior span test
Which “working memory” are we talking about? Complex span tasks versus N-back
Long-Short Term Memory-Based Heuristic Adaptive Time-Span Strategy for Vehicle Speed Prediction
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Opus und laborIuditha Balint, Kerstin Wilhelms · 2018
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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