digit span test

synonym: digit span task
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11717
Test of memory in which numbers (series of digits) are presented orally or on a computer screen to a test subject who is asked to repeat each number from memory; the numbers increase in length until mistakes are made.
Note: In the backward digit span task the presented numbers must be recalled in reverse order.
See also: neurobehavior core test battery
Source:
PAC, 2015, 87, 841. (IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 862 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'digit span test' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11717 RIS BibTex EndNote
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