Digit Span Test (Online Tool) – Timo Denk's Blog

The digit span test is a way of measuring the storage capacity of a person's working memory: A testperson is visually or auditorily exposed ... Thedigitspantestisawayofmeasuringthestoragecapacityofaperson’sworkingmemory:Atestpersonisvisuallyorauditorilyexposedtoasequenceofdigitsoneaftertheother.Rightafterwards,thetestsubjecthastorecallthecorrectdigitsinthesameorder.Mostpeoplemanagetorecaparoundsevendigits.Ihavewrittenanonlinetoolthatletstheuserdeterminetheirdigitspantestscore.Itisavailableatthewebsite tools.timodenk.com/digit-span-test. Thetool’smostimportantfeaturesareauditive(English)andvisualmode,adjustabletimebetweentwodigits(1000msbydefault),andneithersignupnorpluginrequirements.Youcantryitintheiframebelow. Moreinformationabouttheworkingmemory,asystemtemporarilyholdinginformation,canbefoundinthecorresponding Wikipediaarticle.Backin1956,GeorgeA.Millerhaspublishedanarticle—oneofthemostcitedpsychologypapers—inwhichheexaminesthenumber7,whichisnotonlythedigitspanofmostpeople.Itcanbefoundhere: TheMagicalNumberSeven,PlusorMinusTwo:SomeLimitsonOurCapacityforProcessingInformation TimoDenk(82Posts) Zürich-basedSoftwareEngineerwithGoogle;opinionsaremyown.Iaminterestedindatascience,softwareengineering,3d-printing,arts,music,microcontrollers,andsports. Viewallauthor’sposts 31Comments WesReply September3,2018at21:35 Ablessingfromabove,noexaggeration.Greattransformativeprogram. TimoDenkReply September3,2018at21:42 Thanks,greatlyappreciated! SebastianReply July30,2019at06:49 thespeedofthebluelinemakesitimpossibleforme.Removeit. hassanReply August11,2019at21:34 isitcheatingifibreakupmynumberintosegmentsorrepeatthenumbersinmyhead?I.eifitsays 1,2,3,4,5,6ifirepeatthoseisthatcheating,orifireaditas123,456? TimoDenkReply August11,2019at22:00 Idon’tthinkthat’scheating.Iguessyoucanuseanymethodyouliketorememberthenumbers.🙂 TimoDenkReply December20,2019at22:14 Addedtwonewmodes(reversedandordered)whichmakethatalotharder.Tryagain😉 linglinkongReply January3,2020at09:21 oh,interestingtest.Istoppedat8symbols ChontichaChantakeereeReply January6,2020at19:19 Itwasanicetest.Istoppedat7. diceReply May19,2020at17:28 gr8!isitgood10digitforward8reversewithlittleofpratice? JoshuaReply May29,2020at22:32 Cooltest,Igot13 EmmyLiaoReply August28,2020at10:41 Doesthetesthaveanyrelevancetotheethnicandlanguageabilitiesofthepersondoingthetest? JeffBezosDaddyReply September19,2020at12:26 12firsttry,got13,Igotonethatwas4388888….etc.on14setting,pleasefixthat,totallyridiculoustohavesomuchrepetition ZachPolashekReply December31,2020at02:16 Wouldtheforwarddigitspanjustbeshorttermsinceitrequiresnomanipulation?Icanreach7onthatonefine,buttheothersarequiteastruggle. ViaJanaReply January26,2021at19:06 Hello,We’retryingtoconductastudyaboutscreentimeandmemoryfunction,wewouldliketousethistestforitmeasuresthecapacityoftheworkingmemory.Iwaswonderinghowcanwesomehowaccessthiswebsite?Sothatwecanseetheresultsofthosewhowillbeparticipatinginourstudy.I’mhopingforyourreplyandconsiderationwithregardstothis.Thankyou! TimoDenkReply January26,2021at19:09 Youareinvitedtousethetoolforyourstudy.Areyoulookingforthislink?https://tools.timodenk.com/digit-span-test ViaJanaReply January26,2021at19:52 Howcanwehaveaccesstotheresults?We’reconductingthestudyonlinesincewe’reinthemiddleofapandemic. SteveFrenchReply February24,2021at00:50 You’dhavetoconductthetestingyourself.Agoodwaywouldbetohaveeachparticipanttakethetestliveonvideocall/screensharing. JSReply September2,2021at20:08 Perhapsyoushouldfixthecharacterrepetitionthathappensquiteoftenifit’sgoingtobeusedforastudy…especiallyconsideringthelittleeffortittakestofixthis SarahReply May24,2021at19:43 Hello,Iamconductingastudyintosocialmediause,memorylossandloneliness.Iamlookingtodothisonlineandneedtofindawaytoaddthedigitspantestintomystudy–didyoufindawaytodothisonline?Thanks! davidReply December3,2021at19:19 foranyonewhoislookingforanalternative,usethiswebsite:https://brainscale.net/ thereisa“memoryspan”section.ifyouneedtotrackpeople’sprogress,getthemtomakeaccountsonthatwebsiteandusethememoryspansection.theirstatswillbeavailableontheirprofiles. TimoDenkReply December3,2021at19:21 Thanksforsharing!That’scertainlyhelpful🙂 RobertGeorgeReply January26,2021at21:05 interestinglyican’tgetpast7inforwardbutcandoupto10inordered.Thoughts? BryonyWilliamsReply March22,2021at17:05 Hello,weareconductingastudyonhearinglossandneedameasureofverbaldigitspan.Haveyouthoughtofmakingoneofthesetestswithoutthevisualcomponent(soundalone)?Thanks! TimoDenkReply March25,2021at22:42 Hey,soundsinteresting!Ihaven’tthoughtaboutthatoptionyet,sothanksforsharingtheidea!I’mintrigued,butdonotwanttoallocatethetimeforitthesedays. BillGatesReply August13,2021at07:00 Finallygot25!It’sbeenlotsoffun.Thankyou! EuclidReply October8,2021at15:16 Canyoupleaseupdateyourrandomnumbergenerationprocedure?Itseemsthatyourtoolgeneraterepetitivenumbersfrequently Example:22227023 Shouldbe:58179324 VassilisPaleokostasReply December8,2021at13:38 Findthislineintools.timodenk.com\page\logic\digit-span.js: varindex=Math.floor(Math.random()*this.symbols.length); Replacewiththisline: varindex=Math.floor(Math.random()*this.symbols.length);if(index==prevdigit){index++};if(index==10){index=0};varprevdigit=index; VasukiKuppuRamaSubramanianReply December21,2021at14:56 Nicetest SarahReply March15,2022at12:53 HiTimo, Thanksforputtingthisup! Itwouldbegreatifitwerepossibleforthistogenerateascore.Ratherthanbeingabletorepeatandskipnumbers,itwouldsimplymoveyouontoalongernumbereachtimeuntilyoumadeamistake,thenyouaretoldwhatyougotupto.Thiswouldallowforcomparisonacrosspeople,forinstanceforuseinacademicwork.Also,inthestandardtest,itusuallystartswith3digitsandthenincreases. JoshReply May17,2022at23:58 ShouldIbeconcernedwithalowscore?whatisthelinkbetweennumbermemoryandintelligence?DocertainconditionslimityourspanforexampleADHD? MagReply August23,2022at03:39 Youshouldn’tbeconcernedunlessit’sextremelylow.Theaveragescoreisaround7.Eitherway,thereisacorrelationwithintelligence,butit’sacertainaspectofyourIQ.https://www.nlsinfo.org/content/cohorts/nlsy79-children/topical-guide/assessments/wechsler-intelligence-scale-children#:~:text=In%20Digits%20Forward%2C%20the%20child,as%20the%20child%20responds%20correctly. Hasmoretodowithyourshorttermmemory,thananything LeaveaReplyCancelreply Savemyname,email,andwebsiteinthisbrowserforthenexttimeIcomment. Currentye@r* Leavethisfieldempty Findposts About Hithere!Thisblogisrunbyme,Timo.IamaSoftwareEngineerlivinginZürich,Switzerland.Pleasevisitmyportfoliowebsite formoredetailedinformation. 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