Forward and Backward Recalling Sequences in Spatial and Verbal Memory Tasks: What Do We Measure?
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 a...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-74cafce14b8f44858ac469fdb7b791142023-11-18T01:16:45ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002023-05-0125581310.3390/e25050813Forward and Backward Recalling Sequences in Spatial and Verbal Memory Tasks: What Do We Measure?Jeanette Melin0Laura Göschel1Peter Hagell2Albert Westergren3Agnes Flöel4Leslie Pendrill5Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Division Safety and Transport, Department of Measurement Science and Technology, 41258 Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Neurology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, GermanyThe PRO-CARE Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, 29188 Kristianstad, SwedenThe PRO-CARE Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, 29188 Kristianstad, SwedenDepartment of Neurology, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, GermanyResearch Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Division Safety and Transport, Department of Measurement Science and Technology, 41258 Gothenburg, SwedenThere 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.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/5/813cognitionvisuo-spatial memoryverbal memorymetrologyneuropsychologyneuropsychological assessments |
| spellingShingle | Jeanette Melin Laura Göschel Peter Hagell Albert Westergren Agnes Flöel Leslie Pendrill Forward and Backward Recalling Sequences in Spatial and Verbal Memory Tasks: What Do We Measure? Entropy cognition visuo-spatial memory verbal memory metrology neuropsychology neuropsychological assessments |
| title | Forward and Backward Recalling Sequences in Spatial and Verbal Memory Tasks: What Do We Measure? |
| title_full | Forward and Backward Recalling Sequences in Spatial and Verbal Memory Tasks: What Do We Measure? |
| title_fullStr | Forward and Backward Recalling Sequences in Spatial and Verbal Memory Tasks: What Do We Measure? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forward and Backward Recalling Sequences in Spatial and Verbal Memory Tasks: What Do We Measure? |
| title_short | Forward and Backward Recalling Sequences in Spatial and Verbal Memory Tasks: What Do We Measure? |
| title_sort | forward and backward recalling sequences in spatial and verbal memory tasks what do we measure |
| topic | cognition visuo-spatial memory verbal memory metrology neuropsychology neuropsychological assessments |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/5/813 |
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