"span" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- For example, Chinese speakers as compared to English speakers had a greater digit span.
- The task is known as digit span when numbers are used.
- The length of the longest list a person can remember is that person's digit span.
- The average digit span for normal adults without error is seven plus or minus two.
- Ericsson et al. conducted a study with an undergraduate student "S.F." who had an initial digit span of 7 (within the normal range).
- Following more than 230 hours of practice, S.F. was able to increase his digit span to 79.
- With the use of mnemonic strategies (practice sessions in the laboratory) he was able to increase his digit span from 7 to 79.
- The only reported neurological effect was a statistically significant decrease in simple reaction time and digit span among workers aged 30-44.
- For example, digit span may be used to get a sense of attentional difficulties.
- "With the first subject, after about 20 hours of training, his digit span had risen from 7 to 20," Ericsson recalls.
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