N-Back Task

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Adaptive N-Back Task

The single task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010) and adaptively adjusts N based on block performance

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Last Updated: Feb 25, 2019, 11:11PM

Dual Task Adaptive N-Back Task

The dual task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010) and adaptively adjusts N based on block performance

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Last Updated: Feb 22, 2018, 5:03PM

Dual Task N-Back Task

The dual task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010)

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Last Updated: Feb 22, 2018, 5:03PM

Emotion N-Back Task

An n-back task in which targets are flanked by faces depicting various emotional expressions as designed by Ladouceur et al (2009).

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Last Updated: Jul 4, 2018, 4:36PM

N-Back Task

The single task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010)

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Last Updated: Feb 22, 2018, 5:03PM

NBack Task (2 choice responding)

The single task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010) with 2-choice responding.

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Last Updated: Feb 22, 2018, 5:03PM

NBack Task (letter stimuli)

The single task version of the N-Back Task as described in Jaeggi et al (2010) with letter stimuli

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Last Updated: Feb 22, 2018, 5:03PM

References

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

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.

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

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.