Table 5.

STM/WM as background testing: standardised visuo-spatial STM and WM tests (listed alphabetically by test type).

Test type	Task & stimuli	Studies and test publication (test, author, year)
CNS Vital Signs Memory Test – immediate condition	Recognition of geometric figures	Kambanaros and Weekes (2013): CNS Vital Signs Memory Test (Gualtieri & Johnson, 2006)
Design Recognition	Recognition of complex geometric figures	Hendricks, Nicholas, and Zipse (2014): Design Memory of CLQT (Helm-Estabrooks, 2001)
DMS-48 – immediate recognition	Recognition of visual objects	Lavoie, Routhier, Légaré, and Macoir (2016): DMS-48 immediate recognition (Barbeau et al., 2004)
Figure or Shape Drawing – immediate recall	Drawing of complex figures	Attard, Rose, and Lanyon (2013): Rey Complex Figure Test (Fastenau, Denburg, & Hufford, 1999) Larsen, Baynes, and Swick (2004): WMS-III Visual Reproduction (Wechsler, 1997)
Visuo-spatial Span	Visual serial forward and backward recall	Beeson, Rising, and Volk (2003): WMS-R (Wechsler, 1987) Lidzba, Staudt, Zieske, Schwilling, and Ackermann (2012): Block Tapping Test (Schellig, 1997) Lott et al. (2009): WMS-III (Wechsler, 1997) Otsuka et al. (2005): WMS-R (Wechsler, 1987) Sidiropoulos et al. (2008): WMS-R (Wechsler, 1987) Sidiropoulos et al. (2010): WMS-R (Wechsler, 1987)

CNS = central nervous system; DMS-48 = Delayed Matching-to-Sample-48; CLQT = Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test; WMS = Wechsler Memory Scale; WMS-R = Wechsler Memory Scale – Revised; WMS-III = Wechsler Memory Scale 3rd Edition.