Episodic & Verbal Memory3–6 minBurden: HighEMA: Baseline / infrequent

List Learning

A verbal learning task where participants study a short word list and recall it over one or more trials.

Verbal learningEpisodic memory
Category
Episodic & Verbal Memory
Typical duration
3–6 min
Participant burden
High
EMA suitability
Baseline / infrequent

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Audio recordings are stored with the response. Microphone permission will be requested at task start.

3–6 minBurden: HighEMA: Baseline / infrequent

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List Learning

A verbal learning task where participants study a short word list and recall it over one or more trials.

No data is recorded

Participant experience on smartphone

Words are shown in sequence and recall is captured by audio recording.

When to use

Useful in aging and clinical research when richer verbal learning outcomes are needed.

When not to use

Not suitable for high-frequency EMA or when audio capture and scoring workflows are unavailable.

How to use in a study

Use only when the study can support list management, recall scoring, and optional delayed follow-up.

Researcher-configurable parameters

  • Word list
  • Number of learning trials
  • Delayed recall enabled / disabled
  • Presentation pacing
  • Language template

Outputs collected

  • Immediate recall count
  • Learning slope
  • Delayed recall count
  • Audio files

Interpretation notes

Scientifically valuable but operationally demanding. Best for focused cognitive studies rather than lightweight daily sampling.

Scientific evidence

  • The mobile verbal learning test demonstrates that list-learning paradigms can be adapted to smartphone assessment.

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