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BDS

BDS BDS stands for Backward Digit Span, a task used in psychology to assess working memory, especially in children.

BDS stands for Backward Digit Span, a task used in psychology to assess working memory, especially in children. It requires a person to hold a sequence of digits in mind and mentally reverse it, so it draws on both keeping information active and manipulating it.

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Drafting source: Xinxin Tian; Demareva Valeriia; Malykh Artem; Xinghua Wang; Ismatullina Victoria; Adamovich Timofey; Malykh Sergey. The relationship between daytime sleepiness and working memory performance in Russian adolescents: evidence from the Backward Digit Span task. 2026; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1748332; article XML SHA-256 e869af7505bd0fcb953379f4d9563d0255efb0f5d06348cd89e4c331b616eada. “The relationship between daytime sleepiness and working memory performance in Russian adolescents: evidence from the Backward Digit Span task” (10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1748332).
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