Verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory data across a 43-year period (1973-2016) worldwide: Flynn and anti-Flynn effects.

ABSTRACT: Secular gain and drop in cognitive test performances over time have been observed and called respectively the Flynn and anti-Flynn effects. The current datasets include raw data from an investigation of the Flynn and/or anti-Flynn effects on verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory reported in 'The Flynn effect for verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory: A cross-temporal meta-analysis' (Wongupparaj, Wongupparaj, Kumari, Morris, 2017) [1]. Specifically, the datasets totally contain 1754 individual samples (n = 139,677) across a 43-year period from forward/backward digit span (F/BDS) and forward/backward Corsi-block span (CBS) tests. Mean memory test scores, standard deviation scores, types of memory tests, years of publication, mean ages, male percentages, types

SUBMITTER: Wongupparaj P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7013124 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature