Rene Schwaiger, PhD

Rene Schwaiger, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Banking and Finance, University of Innsbruck; Scientific Coordinator of Lab Operations at the Innsbruck EconLab. I study environmental economics, experimental finance, and metascience.

A digital version of the Digit Span Backwards task to measure cognitive fatigue in the lab

Published in Working Paper, 2026

Joint work with Sarah L. Flecke. The project develops a digital implementation of the Digit Span Backwards task for measuring cognitive fatigue in controlled experimental settings.

Recommended citation: Schwaiger, R., & Flecke, S. L. (2026). A digital version of the Digit Span Backwards task to measure cognitive fatigue in the lab. Working paper.
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