N-Back Task
FREE for use with an Inquisit Lab or Inquisit Web license.Available Test Variations
The single task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010) and adaptively adjusts N based on block performance
This Inquisit script provides trials and instructions for an adaptive dual n-back tasks with (emotional) words and paired images that appear in 16 different screen locations (see Schweitzer et al, 2013).
The single task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010)
The single task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010) with 2-choice responding.
The single task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010) with letter stimuli
The single task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010) with locations
The single task version of the N-Back Task with letter stimuli
A touchscreen version of a simple nback task based on Maruff et al (2009) using a suit of ordinary playing cards
The affective 2-back task by Pe et al (2013) investigates the role of updating affective information in working memory (WM) on emotional functioning.
A basic letter n-back procedure by Pelegrina (2015) used in research with children
The dual task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010) and adaptively adjusts N based on block performance
The dual task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010)
An n-back task in which targets are flanked by faces depicting various emotional expressions as designed by Ladouceur et al (2009).
References
Search Google Scholar for peer-reviewed, published research using the Inquisit N-Back Task.
Kirchner, W. K. (1958), Age differences in short-term retention of rapidly changing information. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 55(4), 352-358
Vanderplas, J.M., Garvin, E.A., 1959. The association value of random shapes. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 3, 147-154.
Gevins AS, Cutillo BC (1993): Neuroelectric evidence for distributed processing in human working memory. Electroencephalographic Clinical Neurophysiology, 87, 128-143
Ragland, J.D., Turetsky, B.I., Gur, R.C, Gunning-Dixon, F., Turner, T, Schroeder, L., Chan, R., & Gur, R.E. (2002). Working Memory for Complex Figures: An fMRI Comparison of Letter and Fractal n-Back Tasks. Neuropsychology, 16, 370-379.
Jaeggi, S. M., Seewer, R., Nirkko, A. C., Eckstein, D., Schroth, G., Groner, R., et al., (2003). Does excessive memory load attenuate activation in the prefrontal cortex? Load-dependent processing in single and dual tasks: functional magnetic resonance imaging study, Neuroimage 19(2) 210-225.
Owen, A. M., McMillan, K. M., Laird, A. R., & Bullmore, E. (2005). N-back working memory paradigm: a meta-analysis of normative functional neuroimaging studies. Hum Brain Mapp, 25(1), 46-59.
Ladouceur, C. D., Silk, J. S., Dahl, R. E., Ostapenko, L., Kronhaus, D. M., & Phillips, M. L. (2009). Fearful faces influence attentional control processes in anxious youth and adults. Emotion, 9(6), 855-864.
Maruff P, Thomas E, Cysique L, Brew B, Collie A, Snyder P, Pietrzak RH. Validity of the CogState brief battery: relationship to standardized tests and sensitivity to cognitive impairment in mild traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, and AIDS dementia complex. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2009 Mar;24(2):165-78. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acp010. Epub 2009 Mar 25. PMID: 19395350.
Jaeggi, Susanne M.; Studer-Luethi, Barbara; Buschkuehl, Martin; Su, Yi-Fen; Jonides, John; Perrig, Walter J. (2010). "The relationship between n-back performance and matrix reasoning -- implications for training and transfer". Intelligence 38 (6): 625–635
Bertocci, M., Bebko, G., Mullin, B., Langenecker, S., Ladouceur, C., Almeida, J., & Phillips, M. (2012). Abnormal anterior cingulate cortical activity during emotional n -back task performance distinguishes bipolar from unipolar depressed females. Psychological Medicine, 42(7), 1417-1428.
Pe, M.L., Koval, P. & Kuppens, P. (2013). Executive well-being: Updating of positive stimuli in working memory is associated with subjective well-being. Cognition, 126, 335-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2012.10.002.
Pelegrina, S. et al (2015). Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology, 6.
Villemonteix, Marx, Septier, Berger, Hacker, Bahadori, . . . Massat. (2017). Attentional control of emotional interference in children with ADHD and typically developing children: An emotional N-back study. Psychiatry Research, 254, 1-7.
Links
Susanne Jaeggi. Susanne Jaeggi's profile: Jonides Lab at University of Michigan.
Martin Buschkühl. Martin Buschkühl's profile: Jonides Lab at University of Michigan.