Digit Span.
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Auditory attention span and verbal working memory; Digits Forward, Backward, (Sequencing in WAIS-IV)
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- Increasing digit strings (2 trials per length) Forward and Backward. oral digit repetition (performance), longest span / total scaled score (performance/ability test)
- Language versions
- Universal across languages (digits localized); used worldwide
- Licence
- mixed
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- Reference
- Wechsler D. WAIS-IV / WMS-IV. Pearson. Historical: Jacobs J. Mind. 1887;12:75-79.
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