Journal article
Measuring Central Executive Functioning: What's in a Reading Span?
Brain and cognition, Vol.45(1), pp.1-14
02/2001
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114777
PMID: 11161358
Abstract
Although variations of Daneman and Carpenter's (1980) Reading Span Test (RST) have seen increasing use in both cognitive and neuropsychological research, the specific mental operations involved in performing it remain unclear. We tested 80 undergraduates to examine the extent to which speed of processing, manipulation capacity, and susceptibility to interference contributed to RST performance. The results suggest that, rather than unitary central executive or processing speed functions underlying RST performance, at least two factors, manipulation capacity and susceptibility to interference, underlie the task. Further study of RST operations may lead to a better understanding of the nature of the central executive itself.
Metrics
10 Record Views
Details
- Title
- Measuring Central Executive Functioning: What's in a Reading Span?
- Creators
- Paul Whitney - Washington State UniversityPeter A Arnett - Washington State UniversityAmy Driver - Washington State UniversityDesiree Budd - University of Wisconsin—Stout
- Publication Details
- Brain and cognition, Vol.45(1), pp.1-14
- Academic Unit
- Office of International Programs
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900548239701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article