This page provides access to a set of computer programs used to test children's working memory. The web page is under development, and data from the programs are being prepared for publication. The software is offered as-is.
 
 
 

Operation Period and Span - participants solve arithmetic questions and attempt to remember the numeric answers produced.
 
 

Reading Period and Span - participants complete high-Cloze sentences and attempt to remember the words produced.
 
 
 
 

For all tests, the program begins by requesting a name for data recording, and then proceeds to test working memory in one of a number of different ways. For reading span and reading period, pressing carriage return informs the computer that the expected completion word was supplied; otherwise, type the word itself. For reading span and period, typing the first three letters of the recalled word suffices to trigger a correct response
 
 

To abort the programs, press the "+" character during card presentation. Performance is recorded in the data file at the completion of test adminstration, indicating for each trial, the material presented, the response latency, the response form, and the item eventually remembered.

Note: These computer programs were prepared as part of a research project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council.