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n-back task  

Definition(s)

  • "In the n-back task, individuals are asked to report whether or not the item currently presented matches the item that had been presented n items back." (Redick et Lindsey, 2013, p. 1103).

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Synonym(s)

  • n-back lag task

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Bopp, K. L., & Verhaeghen, P. (2018). Aging and n-back performance : A meta-analysis. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby024

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: free]
  • • Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., Perrig, W. J., & Meier, B. (2010). The concurrent validity of the N-back task as a working memory measure. Memory, 18(4), 394‑412. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211003702171

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Kane, M. J., Conway, A. R. A., Miura, T. K., & Colflesh, G. J. H. (2007). Working memory, attention control, and the n-back task : A question of construct validity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33(3), 615‑622. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.33.3.615

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Kirchner, W. K. (1958). Age differences in short-term retention of rapidly changing information. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 55(4), 352-358. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0043688

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Redick, T. S., & Lindsey, D. R. B. (2013). Complex span and n-back measures of working memory : A meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 20(6), 1102‑1113. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0453-9

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: open]
  • • Yaple, Z. A., Stevens, W. D., & Arsalidou, M. (2019). Meta-analyses of the n-back working memory task : FMRI evidence of age-related changes in prefrontal cortex involvement across the adult lifespan. NeuroImage, 196, 16‑31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.03.074

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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