räumliches Gedächtnis/Zahlenspanne

English translation: spatial memory; list of numbers

13:51 Sep 4, 2000

German to English translations [PRO]

German term or phrase: räumliches Gedächtnis/Zahlenspanne

These are both tested in a study of people who have been exposed to lead. The theory is that people who have been exposed perform less well in various tests.
Spatial memory seems a bit literal to me for the first term.
Zahlenspanne - would this be some form of numerical reasoning?

Julie

English translation:spatial memory; list of numbers

Explanation:
Zahlenspanne -> list of numbers
www.faculty.ehc.edu/users/ljcumbo/unit3.html
www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/edu/School/165.312/Are children rel...

A Zahlenspanne (also Wortspanne, Punktspanne) is a test of the subject's short-term memory; to see illustrations of the various tests, go to
zombie.psychologie.uni-mannheim.de/psycho2/proj/wmc/WMC97_aufgaben_kzg.html

As far as spatial memory goes, a Google search netted 158,000 hits -- I think you don't need to worry that it's too literal! See the following URLs:
www.psy.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/mcnamara/lab/visual/Spatial....
www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/grads/diwadkar/research/s...
www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/bu/people/ham/SAB98/outline.html

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