Alphabetic Working Memory

What it measures

Alphabetic Working Memory measures working memory

Outcome measures

Accuracy

An increase in score on this outcome should be interpreted as an improvement. Higher scores are better.

Reaction Time

A decrease in score on this outcome should be interpreted as an improvement.

How it measures

The participant is presented with 5 letters that (s)he is later asked to remember through indicating whether a specific letter among the thirty probe letters (fifteen targets and fifteen distractors) is a target letter that has been in the original series of letters. [1]