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===The Corsi block tapping task=== {{main|Corsi block-tapping test}} The Corsi block-tapping test, also known as the Corsi span rest, is a [[Psychological testing|psychological test]] commonly used to determine the visual-spatial memory span and the implicit visual-spatial learning abilities of an individual.<ref name = "children">{{cite journal | last1 = Mammarella | first1 = I.C. | last2 = Pazzaglia | first2 = F. | last3 = Cornoldi | first3 = C. | year = 2008 | title = Evidence of different components in children's visuospatial working memory | url = https://zenodo.org/record/895277| journal = British Journal of Developmental Psychology | volume = 26 | issue = 3| pages = 337β355 | doi = 10.1348/026151007X236061 | hdl = 11577/2440989 | hdl-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Corsi | first1 = P. M. | year = 1972 | title = Human memory and the medial temporal region of the brain | journal = Dissertation Abstracts International | volume = 34 | issue = 2| page = 891 }}</ref> Participants sit with nine wooden 3x3-cm blocks fastened before them on a 25- x 30-cm baseboard in a standard random order. The experiment taps onto the blocks a sequence pattern which participants must then replicate. The blocks are numbered on the experimenters' side to allow for efficient pattern demonstration. The sequence length increases each trial until the participant is no longer able to replicate the pattern correctly. The test can be used to measure both short-term and long-term spatial memory, depending on the length of time between test and recall. The test was created by [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Neuropsychology|neuropsychologist]] Phillip Corsi, who modeled it after [[Donald O. Hebb|Hebb's]] [[Memory span|digit span]] task by replacing the numerical test items with spatial ones. On average, most participants achieve a span of five items on the Corsi span test and seven on the digit span task. {{cn|date=March 2025}}
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