Serial Sevens (Serial Threes) Task
Alternate Names: serial3
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Serial 3
The Serial Sevens and Serial Threes Tasks by Kennedy & Scholey (2000), measuring cognitive effort/load by having participants count backwards by sevens or threes. This script implements the Serial 3
Serial 7
The Serial Sevens and Serial Threes Tasks by Kennedy & Scholey (2000), measuring cognitive effort/load by having participants count backwards by sevens or threes. This script implements the Serial 7.
References

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