Episodic Memory
Short Story Recall Test
Capture language-sensitive verbal episodic memory with a brief story, free recall, and recognition scoring in the browser.
Useful for remote memory batteries, aging studies, Italian-language research workflows, and studies that need raw narrative recall export.
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Free Recall
What this task measures
Measures verbal episodic memory with a brief narrative, free recall, and recognition questions in the participant language.
Core constructs
- Verbal episodic memory
- Narrative encoding
- Free recall
- Recognition memory
Research fit
- Research batteries requiring verbal memory sampling
- Language-sensitive cognitive study workflows
- Within-participant longitudinal recall tracking
- Raw narrative recall export for investigator review
Why researchers use ConductCognition
- Hosted browser delivery with no local install burden for participants.
- Study setup, scoring, exports, and participant links in one workflow.
- Transparent pricing instead of opaque enterprise quoting for solo labs.
- Free entry tier plus Academic Pro when you need the full battery and raw exports.
Paradigm overview
Short Story Recall measures verbal episodic memory using a brief narrative followed by free recall and recognition questions. The participant reads a language-matched story, types what they remember, then answers multiple-choice recognition items.
This implementation is designed for research workflow support rather than clinical diagnosis. Free recall is retained as raw text and summarized with simple word-count measures; recognition items provide the machine-scorable component. No platform-matched normative interpretation is claimed for the current stimulus packs.
The task is useful when researchers need a self-administered verbal memory probe that can run in English or Italian with exportable raw recall and recognition data.
Key scoring outputs
Free Recall Word Count
countNumber of normalized words typed during free recall.
Informational
Unique Recall Words
countNumber of unique normalized words in the free recall response.
Informational
Recall Character Count
countLength of the typed free recall response.
Informational
Recognition Accuracy
proportionProportion of recognition questions answered correctly.
Higher is better
Recognition Correct
countNumber of recognition questions answered correctly.
Higher is better
Normative and citation context
No platform-matched normative source is currently seeded for this task in ConductCognition.
Stimulus packs are intended for raw research use and investigator review, not normed clinical interpretation.
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