Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents
The n-back task is a frequently used measure of working memory (WM) in cognitive neuroscience research contexts, and it has become widely adopted in other areas over the last decade. This study aimed to obtain normative data for the n-back task from a large sample of children and adolescents. To thi...
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| author | Santiago ePelegrina María Teresa eLechuga Juan Antonio eGarcía Madruga Maria Rosa Elosua Pedro eMacizo Manuel eCarreiras Luis J Fuentes Teresa eBajo |
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| description | The n-back task is a frequently used measure of working memory (WM) in cognitive neuroscience research contexts, and it has become widely adopted in other areas over the last decade. This study aimed to obtain normative data for the n-back task from a large sample of children and adolescents. To this end, a computerized verbal n-back task with three levels of WM load (1-back, 2-back and 3-back) was administered to 3722 Spanish school children aged 7–13 years. Results showed an overall age-related increase in performance for the different levels of difficulty. This trend was less pronounced at 1-back than at 2-back when hits were considered. Gender differences were also observed, with girls outperforming boys although taking more time to respond. The theoretical implications of these results are discussed. Normative data stratified by age and gender for the three WM load levels are provided. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7976ce7f80db47a089ced1060b09387a2022-12-21T17:33:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-10-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.01544158425Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescentsSantiago ePelegrina0María Teresa eLechuga1Juan Antonio eGarcía Madruga2Maria Rosa Elosua3Pedro eMacizo4Manuel eCarreiras5Luis J Fuentes6Teresa eBajo7University of JaénUniversity of JaénSpanish National University of Distance Education (UNED)Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED),University of GranadaBasque Center of Cognition and LanguageUniversity of MurciaUniversity of GranadaThe n-back task is a frequently used measure of working memory (WM) in cognitive neuroscience research contexts, and it has become widely adopted in other areas over the last decade. This study aimed to obtain normative data for the n-back task from a large sample of children and adolescents. To this end, a computerized verbal n-back task with three levels of WM load (1-back, 2-back and 3-back) was administered to 3722 Spanish school children aged 7–13 years. Results showed an overall age-related increase in performance for the different levels of difficulty. This trend was less pronounced at 1-back than at 2-back when hits were considered. Gender differences were also observed, with girls outperforming boys although taking more time to respond. The theoretical implications of these results are discussed. Normative data stratified by age and gender for the three WM load levels are provided.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01544/fullworking memoryn-backmemory development in childrenworking memory developmentworking memory updating |
| spellingShingle | Santiago ePelegrina María Teresa eLechuga Juan Antonio eGarcía Madruga Maria Rosa Elosua Pedro eMacizo Manuel eCarreiras Luis J Fuentes Teresa eBajo Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents Frontiers in Psychology working memory n-back memory development in children working memory development working memory updating |
| title | Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents |
| title_full | Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents |
| title_short | Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents |
| title_sort | normative data on the n back task for children and young adolescents |
| topic | working memory n-back memory development in children working memory development working memory updating |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01544/full |
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