Procedure:
Aim: Results:
Sample
To investigate the phonological loop in children Older you are better your
570 volunteers from a school in Madrid Dementia- no difference
between ages 6-17 years old using digit span as
All native Spanish speakers a measure of capacity English-Spanish vs English
Five groups better due to length of nu
To compare finding to previous research on names
• Preschool – 5 years old adult age and dementia patients
• 6-8 years old Cognitive Ages Mean digit sp
• 9-11 years old Contemporary Study 5 3.76 (.52)
• 12-14 years old
6-8 4.34 (.58)
• 15-17 years old Sebestian+
Method Hernandez-Gill 9-11 5.13 (.81)
Tested individually by reading increasing digit 12-14 5.46 (.85)
sequences and asked to recall.
15-17 5.38 (.84)
Digits read at a rate of one per second. Conclusion:
Digit span was recorded as the max digit recalled Digit span increases with age
Digit span of Spanish population is significantly
IV -The number of digi
in the correct order without error.
shorter because Spanish numbers are longer so - Age of child
take up more room.
Comparing the results with research into patients DV-How many digits
43621789361 with dementia and age, its’s possible to speculate remembered correctly
that poor digit span is a result of old age not
dementia.
sequence
Aim: Results:
Sample
To investigate the phonological loop in children Older you are better your
570 volunteers from a school in Madrid Dementia- no difference
between ages 6-17 years old using digit span as
All native Spanish speakers a measure of capacity English-Spanish vs English
Five groups better due to length of nu
To compare finding to previous research on names
• Preschool – 5 years old adult age and dementia patients
• 6-8 years old Cognitive Ages Mean digit sp
• 9-11 years old Contemporary Study 5 3.76 (.52)
• 12-14 years old
6-8 4.34 (.58)
• 15-17 years old Sebestian+
Method Hernandez-Gill 9-11 5.13 (.81)
Tested individually by reading increasing digit 12-14 5.46 (.85)
sequences and asked to recall.
15-17 5.38 (.84)
Digits read at a rate of one per second. Conclusion:
Digit span was recorded as the max digit recalled Digit span increases with age
Digit span of Spanish population is significantly
IV -The number of digi
in the correct order without error.
shorter because Spanish numbers are longer so - Age of child
take up more room.
Comparing the results with research into patients DV-How many digits
43621789361 with dementia and age, its’s possible to speculate remembered correctly
that poor digit span is a result of old age not
dementia.
sequence
