Redick & Lindsey (2013)

Complex span and n-back measures of working memory: A meta-analysis

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 20(6), 1102-1113

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Redick, T. S., & Lindsey, D. R. B. (2013). Complex span and n-back measures of working memory: A meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 20(6), 1102-1113. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0453-9

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Working Memory Memory Systems

Measured in humans

The two most common working memory paradigms, complex span tasks and the n-back task (say whether the current item matches the one n items back), were only weakly correlated across pooled studies, with significant heterogeneity, so they cannot be used interchangeably