Digits Across Languages: The Role of Lexical and Numerical Characteristics in Digit Span Performance Across Fourteen Languages

Alzheimers Dement · 2025 · PMC12741483

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nearing significancep = 0.083so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Conversely, BDS performance showed a significant negative influence from digit count ( p = 0.00858), with numerical magnitude and syllable count nearing significance ( p = 0.083 and p = 0.066, respectively).

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