Basic storage-based working memory tracks intelligibility more broadly than reading span

Evidence

The PTA measure may therefore capture some aspect of hearing that is not well represented by SRT. The importance of WM for intelligibility is less surprising. However, the rather basic, storage-based WM task appeared to capture a more general benefit, at least in the tested listening situations, than the often-used RST. While the RST did predict intelligibility, the effect was stronger for acoustically difficult listening situations (low SNR). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1229

Categorization

• SEED: Contradicts the field convention favoring processing-heavy WM tasks like reading span; angle on when simple memory tests outperform complex ones could make a methodology critique piece.