The backward Corsi block tapping is a slightly altered version of the original Corsi block tapping task. The Corsi block tapping task is used to test a variety of things including memory loss, testing of brain damaged patients, spatial memory, and nonverbal working memory. When the sequence to be recalled becomes longer than three or four items, central executive resources are used. Corsi blocks tasks with a normal forward order requires support from the visuospatial sketch pad, but not from the phonological loop. Whether able to perform the task well or not the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex is highly involved. So while humans may show encoding difficulty, this is not related to overall brain activation. An fMRI study involving subjects undergoing this test revealed that while the sequence length increases, general brain activity remains the same. This number is known as the Corsi Span, and average is about 5-6 for normal human subjects. It was based on the digit span task, but instead of the verbal form of the Digit Span, it required the use of visuo-spatial memory. The subject was required to point at the blocks in the order they were presented, or "tapped". Journal of Clinical Psychology, 28, 361.The Corsi block tapping task originated in the early 1970s as a set of 9 identical wooden blocks positioned on a board. Digit span in right and left hemiplegics. Weinberg, J., Diller, L., Gerstman, L., & Schulman, L. The Wechsler adult intelligence scale-III. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Corporation. The measurement and appraisal of adult intelligence (3rd ed.). The measurement and appraisal of adult intelligence (1st ed.). The measurement of intelligence: An explanation of and a complete guide for the use of the Stanford revision and extension of the Binet-Simon intelligence scale. Relation of forward and backward digit repetition to neurological impairment in children with learning disabilities. Measurements of short-term memory: A historical review. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 12, 29–40. Forward and backward memory span should not be combined for clinical analysis. Separate digits tests: A brief history, a literature review, and a reexamination of the factor structure of the test of memory and learning (TOMAL).
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