Table 3.
Patients’ STM span as measured by ISR and DP tests designed to reflect the integrity of phonological STM. The difference between NonRhyme and Rhyme ISR spans is called the Phonological Similarity Effect: smaller differences indicate weaker phonological STM.
| Immediate Serial Recall Span |
Delayed Probe Span | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phonological Similarity Effect | ||||
| Subject | NonRhyme | Rhyme | Diff | Rhyme |
| BAC | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.50 |
| CAC | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 5.19 |
| CN | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 3.75 |
| DU | 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 2.29 |
| EAC | 3.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 6.00 |
| EBC | 5.8 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 5.00 |
| EP | 3.6 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2.30 |
| IG | 3.0 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 1.66 |
| KBE | nt | nt | nt | 3.40 |
| KCX | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 6.12 |
| KD | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.81 |
| KL | 4.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 3.24 |
| MD | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.68 |
| MH | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.00 |
| NCC | nt | nt | nt | 6.80 |
| NH | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.50 |
| NU | 4.2 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 3.33 |
| OE | 4.2 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 3.50 |
| TB | 4.4 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 4.62 |
| XAI | 4.2 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 3.50 |
| Pt. Mean | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.73 |
| St. Dev. | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 |