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Bing-Canar, Hanaan; Phillips, Matthew S.; Shields, Allison N.; Ogram Buckley, Caitlin M.; Chang, Fini; Khan, Humza; Skymba, Haley V.; Ovsiew, Gabriel P.; Resch, Zachary J.; Jennette, Kyle J.; Soble, Jason R. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
This study investigated the utility of four WAIS-IV Digit Span (DS) indices (traditional Reliable Digit Span [RDS], RDS-Working Memory [RDS-WM], RDS-Revised [RDS-R], and DS Age-Corrected Scaled Score [ACSS]) as embedded performance validity tests (PVTs) among a sample of 342 consecutive adults referred for neuropsychological evaluation of ADHD.…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Adults, Intelligence Tests, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Aidin Tajbakhsh – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Cognitive flexibility (switching) and control (inhibition) are among widely accepted cognitive advantages of bilingualism. Switch Cost (SC), i.e., the time difference to complete a switch versus non-switch task, is a construct for measuring the switching ability. The need to control the interference and switching between one's languages leads to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language
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Borella, Erika; Carretti, Barbara; Cantarella, Alessandra; Riboldi, Francesco; Zavagnin, Michela; De Beni, Rossana – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to test the efficacy of a visuospatial working memory (WM) training in terms of its transfer effects and maintenance effects, in the young-old and old-old. Forty young-old and 40 old-old adults took part in the study. Twenty participants in each age group received training with a visuospatial WM task, whereas…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Short Term Memory, Transfer of Training