Oct 15, 2024
Complex Span Tasks in Working Memory Training Complex Span Task Description: Complex span tasks involve remembering a sequence of items while performing a secondary processing task between item presentations. These tasks are designed to assess both storage and...
Oct 14, 2024
Updating Tasks Keep Track Task Description: Participants are shown a list of words from different categories (e.g., animals, colors, countries). They must remember the last word presented from each target category. Example study: Dahlin et al. (2008) used the...
Oct 14, 2024
Span Tasks in Working Memory Training Research Digit Span (forward and backward) Description: Participants hear a sequence of digits and must repeat them in the same order (forward) or reverse order (backward). Example study: Woods et al. (2011) used...
Oct 14, 2024
N-back Tasks N-back tasks are continuous performance tasks commonly used to measure working memory. In these tasks, participants are presented with a sequence of stimuli and must indicate when the current stimulus matches the one from n steps earlier in the sequence....
