Digits Across Languages: The Role of Lexical and Numerical Characteristics in Digit Span Performance Across Fourteen Languages
Variations in digit span performance across languages illustrate the role of linguistic and numerical factors in cognitive assessments, even with tests targeting non-language domains using digit stimuli. These findings underscore the critical value of language diversity in cognitive research.
Authors
- Suvarna Alladi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0372-9572)
- Boon Lead Tee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2217-3466)
- Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8553-9421)
- Tamer Roushdy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3123-9204)
- Stefano Francesco Cappa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-3925)
- Guerry M. Peavy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7785-7916)
- Isabel Elaine Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9029-9744)
- Maxime Montembeault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-0498)
- Jee Eun Sung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1734-0058)
- Gloria A. Aguirre
- Avanthi Paplikar
- Fernando A. Henriquez
- Andrea Z. Slachevsky
- Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini
- Faheem Arshad
- Xin Wen
- Nevine El Nahas
- Didem Öz
- Adolfo M Garcia
- Serggio Lanata
- Clara Li
- Yağmur Özbek
- Görsev Yener
- Guan Xue Chen
Institutions
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (CL)
- Ain Shams University (EG)
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- Universidad del Desarrollo (CL)
- Ewha Womans University (KR)
- İzmir University of Economics (TR)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Dokuz Eylül University (TR)
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
- Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia (IT)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of San Andrés (AR)
- Hospital del Salvador (CL)
- University Memory and Aging Center (US)
- San Francisco Public Library (US)
- Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva (AR)
- Instituto de Neurociencia Biomédica (CL)
- Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CL)
- Fondazione Santa Lucia (IT)
- Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing (IN)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- University of Chile (CL)
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IN)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz70857_106101
- Primary Topic
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00