- A short-term phonological store plus articulatory rehearsal.
- Lab findings include word-length and phonological-similarity effects.
- Timed naming leans more on long-term verbal knowledge and retrieval than on a 2-second loop, but people still rehearse.
- Forward is closer to simple storage; backward adds manipulation (working memory).
- Verbal WM correlates with some crystallized and fluid measures.
- Try word-recall-lite, category-fluency-lite, or digit-span.
What is the loop?
A short-term phonological store plus articulatory rehearsal. Repeating a phone number or a word list uses something like this — in the model, not as a brain label we can see here.
Word length and similarity?
Lab findings include word-length and phonological-similarity effects. Our original lists are not designed as a full experimental package.
Category fluency?
Timed naming leans more on long-term verbal knowledge and retrieval than on a 2-second loop, but people still rehearse. It is not FAS letter fluency.
Forward vs backward span?
Forward is closer to simple storage; backward adds manipulation (working memory). Neither web version is a clinical subtest.
Is verbal WM the same as IQ?
Verbal WM correlates with some crystallized and fluid measures. A list recall count is not a deviation IQ.
How should I practice here?
Try word-recall-lite, category-fluency-lite, or digit-span. Practice only; no diagnosis.
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