You have finally hit rock bottom: a span called the Planck length, the shortest anything can get.
The task also included the identification of a textual span (called 'trigger') that indicated the occurrence of an event.
This time span, called working memory span, is defined as the time a synchronous firing in the neurons that are stimulated is sustained without further stimulation.
This time span, called the working memory span, is usually in the range of 4-10 sec and corresponds to the time a certain pattern is held in working memory (for a review see [ 32]).
But Dr. Collins seemed much less sanguine about manipulating the aging process to extend the human life span, calling that far less certain to happen over the next 40 to 50 years, though it could.
Given the enormous growth of the NFL and the Super Bowl during that span, call it advantage Patriots.
Coburn went even further in a recent appearance on C-SPAN, calling Reid "incompetent and incapable of carrying on the leadership in the Senate".
As with every neuropsychological test, digit span calls upon several cognitive components any one of which, if impaired, could lead to a low or abnormal score.
One man who was standing under the bridge in front of his truck when the span collapsed called it "a miracle" that he survived.
"Whenever there's something around a corner, we look to see what it is rather than let our imaginations tell us," explains Alex Kalman, who, along with the other Bucketeers, wears a digital camera attached to his belt so he can capture the odd moments of the day, which become short-attention-span movies called Buttons.
