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==Auditory memory==
==Auditory memory==
[[File:AcousticMemory.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|alt=Logo.|Testing acoustic memory]]
[[File:AcousticMemory.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|alt=Logo.|Testing acoustic memory]]
The test was modeled using the digital phone metaphor. The computer instructor invites the subject to “dial” a telephone number. Two sets of two-digit numbers are followed by four sets of three-, four-, five-, and six digit numbers, respectively. The test concludes by presenting a set of two seven-digit numbers. The feedback is positive/neutral giving no clue regarding the correctness of the response. The test is terminated if the subject makes 3 consecutive errors.  For the purposes of the research reported here, AMTc: Total number of correct responses and AMTcw: weighted number of correct digits (i.e., all correctly types digits even when the sequence was wrong) were used as measures of auditory digit span.
The test was modeled using the digital phone metaphor. The computer instructor invites the subject to “dial” a telephone number. Two sets of two-digit numbers are followed by four sets of three-, four-, five-, and six digit numbers, respectively.  
 
The test concludes by presenting a set of two seven-digit numbers. The feedback is positive/neutral giving no clue regarding the correctness of the response. The test is terminated if the subject makes 3 consecutive errors.   
 
For the purposes of the preliminary analysis only the following parameters were considered:
* AMTc: Total number of correct responses
* AMTcw: weighted number of correct digits (i.e., all correctly types digits even when the sequence was wrong) were used as measures of auditory digit span.


==Auditory discrimination test==
==Auditory discrimination test==