Daneman and Carpenter (1980) studied the relationship between working memory span and reading comprehension with two span measures. The results suggested that performance on __________ correlated highly with reading comprehension SAT scores.

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Daneman and Carpenter's (1980) study found that the complex storage and processing span measure, rather than the simple digit span measure, correlated highly with reading comprehension SAT scores. This is because the complex tasks more closely mimic the multifaceted nature of reading comprehension, involving both storage and processing of information.

Daneman and Carpenter (1980) Studied the Relationship Between Working Memory