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Verbal working memory test
The reading span task (RST) is a common memory span task widely cited in, and adapted for, investigations of working memory, cognitive processing, and
Reading_span_task
Longest list of items one can memorize immediately
may include words, numbers, or letters. The task is known as digit span when numbers are used. Memory span is a common measure of working memory and short-term
Memory_span
Sentences with structures permitting multiple possible interpretations
natural language by a computer Paraprosdokian – Figure of speech Reading span task – Verbal working memory test Serial comma – Comma before the conjunction
Syntactic_ambiguity
Cognitive system for temporarily holding information
used largely recall tasks (e.g., the reading span task, see below). It is not clear to what degree recognition and recall tasks reflect the same processes
Working_memory
Ability to read and understand text
they're reading, they're better able to create those text factors in their own writing." Another one is arranging the text per perceptual span and a text
Reading_comprehension
Time spent concentrating before being distracted
Attention span is the amount of time spent concentrating on a task before becoming distracted. Distractibility occurs when attention is uncontrollably
Attention_span
Performing music at first sight
the eye–hand span can be trained to be larger than it would otherwise be under normal conditions, leading to more robust sight-reading ability. Human
Sight-reading
Topics referred to by the same term
quality control method Rapid strep test, for strep throat Reading span task, a memory span test Reinforcement sensitivity theory, a psychological theory
RST
Taking in the meaning of letters or symbols
person reading a single passage of text. When reading, the eye has a perceptual span of about 20 slots. In the best-case scenario and reading English
Reading
Computer application of Microsoft Windows
applications but also take a number of custom actions. Task Scheduler includes a number of actions built-in, spanning a number of applications; including send an
Windows_Task_Scheduler
Internal process while reading
rehearsal. Silent speech-reading and silent counting are also examined when experimenters look at subvocalization. These tasks show activation in the frontal
Subvocalization
Ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others
developing adults and adults with HFA while performing a "reading the mind in the eyes" task: viewing a photo of a human's eyes and choosing which of two
Theory_of_mind
Psychological test of working memory
digit span task, but instead of the verbal form of the Digit Span, it required the use of visuo-spatial memory.. This number is known as the Corsi Span, and
Corsi_block-tapping_test
IQ test designed to measure intelligence in adults
with Digit Span Sequencing and Running Digits now being the core subtests that compose the Working Memory Index. Digit Span Forward, Digit Span Backward
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale
Study of reading and its acquisition
person reading a single passage of text. When reading, the eye has a perceptual span of about 20 slots. In the best-case scenario and reading English
Science_of_reading
American politician (born 1954)
Retrieved May 3, 2025. "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Reacts to Presidential Debate". C-SPAN. Archived from the original on January 28, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2024
Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.
Role of the eyes in reading music
sight reading skills. A central aspect of music reading is the sequence of alternating saccades and fixations, as it is for most oculomotor tasks. Saccades
Eye_movement_in_music_reading
Prime Minister of India since 2014
commentary at The New York Times Narendra Modi at IMDb Appearances on C-SPAN Portals: Biography India Politics Narendra Modi at Wikipedia's sister projects:
Narendra_Modi
Difficulty keeping organised to complete tasks
instruction to the participant to draw a clock reading a specific time (generally 11:10). After the task is complete, the test administrator draws a clock
Executive_dysfunction
Ability to switch thinking about two concepts
situations. Thus, with tasks ranging from simple to more complex, research suggests that there is a developmental continuum that spans from infancy to adulthood
Cognitive_flexibility
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
material relating to Margaret Thatcher". UK National Archives. Appearances on C-SPAN Margaret Thatcher at IMDb Margaret Thatcher collected news and commentary
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President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
Foundation White House biography Archived White House website Appearances on C-SPAN Bill Clinton at TED Full audio of a number of Clinton speeches Miller Center
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Turkish Empire (c. 1299–1922)
Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire, was a state that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century
Ottoman_Empire
Techniques for changing computer screen display depending on where the viewer is looking
A; Rayner, K (1990). "Eye movements, the eye–hand span, and the perceptual span in sight-reading of music". Current Directions in Psychological Science:
Gaze-contingency_paradigm
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
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President of the United States from 2021 to 2025
Retrieved January 24, 2021. "1988 Road to the White House with Sen. Biden". C-SPAN. August 23, 2008. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved
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in Las Vegas, a residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace which will span 12 shows. That month, she appeared in a mid-credits scene in Anaconda (2025)
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President of the United States from 1977 to 1981
a community leader. Carter was a diligent student with a fondness for reading. According to a popular anecdote, he was passed over for valedictorian
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Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
"Israeli Perspective on Conflict with Iraq". U.S. House of Representatives. C-SPAN. 12 September 2002. Serial No. 107–139 (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2025. "Kerry
Benjamin_Netanyahu
President of the United States from 2009 to 2017
throughout the United States. The co-chairs of the Task Force were Vice President Joe Biden and Jarrett. The Task Force was a development out of the White House
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developed several educational software products focused on mathematics and reading education. Softkey products typically consisted of software for home users
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Concept that some difficulty can assist learning
must also be achievable. Many tasks give the illusion of learning because they are easily completed. For example, re-reading notes or a textbook is a common
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ELMo and GPT-2. It found applications for many natural language processing tasks, such as coreference resolution and polysemy resolution. It improved on
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establishment of the Joint Task Force October 7 (JTF 10-7) to seek justice for victims of the October 7 attacks. The task force focuses on prosecuting
October_7_attacks
Screening assessment for detecting cognitive impairment
sustained attention task (target detection using tapping; 1 point), serial sevens (serial subtraction task; 3 points), and digit span forward and backward
Montreal_Cognitive_Assessment
2025 US federal law
conservative and right-wing figures, including Liz Wheeler and Scott Presler, reading "Epstein Files: Phase 1" and "Declassified". Later that day, Representative
Epstein Files Transparency Act
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Head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025
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Political opposition research report regarding the 2016 US election
sources doubt major Russia dossier allegation about Cohen and Prague". C-SPAN. November 16, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2019. Drobnic Holan, Angie (July
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Set of techniques intended to increase learning rate
a single location Reading – Taking in the meaning of letters or symbols Subvocalization – Internal process while reading Vision span – Arc of accurate
Speed_learning
2024 film by Coralie Fargeat
same year. Filming began on May 9, 2022, and wrapped in October 2022, spanning 108 shooting days. The film's budget was $17.5-18 million. The project
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eating for several days. In the closing days of December 1958, Guevara's task was to cut the island in half by taking the Las Villas province. He executed
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American politician, astronaut and naval officer (born 1964)
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2021 animated film by Shūkō Murase
realism, YAMATOWORKS, led by Shupei Morita, created a CG model of Earth spanning 40,000 kilometers, designed with altitude and speed considerations. Animator
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Social media platform owned by Meta
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Processing of natural language by a computer
computational linguistics, and linguistics more broadly. Major processing tasks in an NLP system include: speech recognition, text classification, natural
Natural_language_processing
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Historians Survey 2021". C-SPAN. 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021. Sheehey, Maeve (June 30, 2021). "Trump debuts at 41st in C-SPAN presidential rankings". Politico
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Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996)
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024
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American record producer and musician (1933–2024)
holding the family together. Jones cited his father's rhyming motto: "Once a task is just begun, never leave until it's done. Be the labor great or small,
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General of 10th Mountain Division, with duty as Commander, Combined Joint Task Force 180, during the War in Afghanistan. He was the first African American
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Worldwide economic crisis
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2008_financial_crisis
Diagnostic framework in personalized psychiatry
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Research_Domain_Criteria
decreasing attention span for example. Social and educational changes also impact the literacy decline rather than a single cause. Reading methods have changed
Literacy_in_the_United_States
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the National Prayer Breakfast, he signed an executive order to create a task force to "immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination
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DC Comics superhero
consuming an experimental drug. The drug gives Dunn the powers of mind-reading, mind-control, and clairvoyance. He uses these powers maliciously for profit
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First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
the street. She and her family enjoyed playing games such as Monopoly, reading, and frequently saw extended family on both sides. She played piano, learning
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British and American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
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READING SPAN-TASK
READING SPAN-TASK
Surname or Lastname
English
English : presumably a variant of Reddan or Reading.
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) : habitational name from a place on the Isle of Wight named Brading, from Old English brerd ‘hillside’ + -ingas ‘dwellers at’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) the dwellers on the hillside’.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Seán, SEAN means "God is gracious."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Redden.Irish : variant of Roden.German and Dutch : variant of Redding 2.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : (of Norman origin): habitational name from Épaignes in Eure, recorded in the Latin form Hispania in the 12th century. It seems to have been so called because it was established by colonists from Spain during the Roman Empire.English and Irish : habitational name from Espinay in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, so called from a collective of Old French espine ‘thorn bush’.English and Irish : ethnic name for a Spaniard or, in the case of the Irish name, for someone returning from Spain (from Gaelic Spainneach ‘Spanish’); many Irish took refuge in Spain during the 17th century wars.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English Rēadingas ‘people of Rēad(a)’, a byname meaning ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, an unattested Old English ryding.
Boy/Male
English
Son of Reed.
Surname or Lastname
English (Avon)
English (Avon) : unexplained; possibly a variant of Melling.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading.Dutch and German : variant of Redding 2.
Boy/Male
Norse
Swan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading.
Boy/Male
Irish
Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
Male
English
Short form of English Stanley, STAN means "stone clearing," and other names containing Old English stan, meaning "stone."
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Boy/Male
English
Son of Reed.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading 2.
Female
English
 Anglicized form of Welsh Siân, SHAN means "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Shan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Reading.German and Dutch : patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names with the first element rÄd ‘counsel’, ‘advice’.
READING SPAN-TASK
READING SPAN-TASK
Surname or Lastname
English (Wiltshire and Gloucestershire)
English (Wiltshire and Gloucestershire) : nickname for someone thought to resemble a bird, from Old French oisel ‘bird’.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish
English, German, and Jewish : altered spelling of Lerner.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sword of Allah
Female
Hebrew
(×ִיזֶבֶל) Hebrew name IYZEBEL means "Ba'al exalts," "unchaste," or "without cohabitation." In the bible, this is the name of the evil wife of King Ahab. She was eaten by dogs as prophesied by Elijah.
Female
Irish
Pet form of Irish Báirbre, BAIBIN means "foreign; strange."
Surname or Lastname
English (West Yorkshire)
English (West Yorkshire) : topographic name for someone who lived by a gap between hills, from Middle English sherd, sharde (Old English sceard, a derivative of sceran ‘to cut or shear’).
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girl/Female
Indian
Wise, Clever
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vigorous
Male
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Eliezer, ELIEZAR means "God has helped."
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a.
Hung with spar, as a cave.
n.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
a.
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
a.
Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.
n.
Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
v. t.
To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
a.
Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
a.
Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.
n.
Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
n.
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
imp. & p. p.
of Spin
n.
See Spa.
n.
An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
v. t.
To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
v. i. & t.
To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
imp.
of Spin
n.
A corruption of Swan-upping.
n.
The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.