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Validating an Online Portuguese Battery to Measure Working Memory Capacity in a Sample of Portuguese and Brazilian Participants

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|Feb 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.489 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 6, 2025
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Accepted on: Jan 28, 2026
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Published on: Feb 12, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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