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Forward and Backward Recalling Sequences in Spatial and Verbal Memory Tasks: What Do We Measure?
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Safety and Transport, Measurement Technology. Swedish Defence University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3700-3921
Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
Kristianstad University, Sweden.
Kristianstad University, Sweden.
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2023 (English)In: Entropy, E-ISSN 1099-4300, Vol. 25, no 5, article id 813Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

There are different views in the literature about the number and inter-relationships of cognitive domains (such as memory and executive function) and a lack of understanding of the cognitive processes underlying these domains. In previous publications, we demonstrated a methodology for formulating and testing cognitive constructs for visuo-spatial and verbal recall tasks, particularly for working memory task difficulty where entropy is found to play a major role. In the present paper, we applied those insights to a new set of such memory tasks, namely, backward recalling block tapping and digit sequences. Once again, we saw clear and strong entropy-based construct specification equations (CSEs) for task difficulty. In fact, the entropy contributions in the CSEs for the different tasks were of similar magnitudes (within the measurement uncertainties), which may indicate a shared factor in what is being measured with both forward and backward sequences, as well as visuo-spatial and verbal memory recalling tasks more generally. On the other hand, the analyses of dimensionality and the larger measurement uncertainties in the CSEs for the backward sequences suggest that caution is needed when attempting to unify a single unidimensional construct based on forward and backward sequences with visuo-spatial and verbal memory tasks.

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MDPI , 2023. Vol. 25, no 5, article id 813
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cognition, cognitive neuroscience, metrology, neurodegenerative diseases, neuropsychological assessments, neuropsychology, Rasch, verbal memory, visuo-spatial memory
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-64944DOI: 10.3390/e25050813Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85160526293OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-64944DiVA, id: diva2:1766028
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Correspondence Address: Melin, J.; Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Sweden; email: jeanette.melin@ri.se; Funding details: Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, H2020; Funding details: European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research, EMPIR; Funding text 1: This project (18HLT09 NeuroMET2) has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

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