Gender and Short Term Memory: Based on Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two
Short-term memory is a broad topic that has been studied by many psychologists for several years to discover the factors of cognition. Numerous past studies have concluded that short term memory is very limited and …show more content…
Working memory has been measured by using a digit span by many researchers. Digit span consists of memorizing a set of numbers and then trying to recall them at a later time. One researcher has found that the digit span memory backward task is an acceptable means to measure different aspects of memory (Hilbert, Nakagawa, Puci, Zech, & Buhner, 2014). One limitation to digit span, according to Hilbert et al. (2014), is that although the digit span can give accurate information regarding short-term memory, but it did not provide enough information regarding this experiment. The need to explain the relationship between complex span tasks and the digit span backwards was not given through these tasks. In addition, digit span can be performed in two different ways, both verbally and