A Comparison of Laboratory and Clinical Working Memory Tests and Their Prediction of Fluid Intelligence

Autor/inn/en	Shelton, Jill T.; Elliott, Emily M.; Hill, B. D.; Calamia, Matthew R.; Gouvier, Drew
Titel	A Comparison of Laboratory and Clinical Working Memory Tests and Their Prediction of Fluid Intelligence
Quelle	In: Intelligence, 37 (2009) 3, S.283-293 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-2896
DOI	10.1016/j.intell.2008.11.005
Schlagwörter	Short Term Memory; Intelligence; Intelligence Tests; Undergraduate Students; Correlation; Factor Analysis; Measurement Techniques; Comparative Analysis; Predictor Variables; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Memory Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Korrelation; Faktorenanalyse; Messtechnik; Prädiktor
Abstract	The working memory (WM) construct is conceptualized similarly across domains of psychology, yet the methods used to measure WM function vary widely. The present study examined the relationship between WM measures used in the laboratory and those used in applied settings. A large sample of undergraduates completed three laboratory-based WM measures (operation span, listening span, and n-back), as well as the WM subtests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III and the Wechsler Memory Scale-III. Performance on all of the WM subtests of the clinical batteries shared positive correlations with the lab measures; however, the Arithmetic and Spatial Span subtests shared lower correlations than the other WM tests. Factor analyses revealed that a factor comprising scores from the three lab WM measures and the clinical subtest, Letter-Number Sequencing (LNS), provided the best measurement of WM. Additionally, a latent variable approach was taken using fluid intelligence as a criterion construct to further discriminate between the WM tests. The results revealed that the lab measures, along with the LNS task, were the best predictors of fluid abilities. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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