0 the number of things someone can remember after being shown a set of objects once, or more generally, the length of time someone can remember something --
Recall that all child groups in the current study had memory span scores significantly less than the adults.
This short memory span for dreams is evidenced by the fact that so few people recall their dreams in the morning.
The term (1/m) could represent a "theoretical maximum memory span," given a memory system subject to overwriting.
To this end, they developed the working memory span task.
A closer scrutiny of the results is required before it can be concluded that memory span is mediated by subvocal rehearsal alone.
To summarise, the results of the memory span task were relatively straightforward.
Where, then, does this leave the notion that bilingual memory span capacity is determined by word length and the rate of subvocal rehearsal?
The memory span test may seem transparently simple, but its full interpretation has many nuances.
