Experiments

• Go/No-Go

  Response inhibition and impulsivity

  Respond quickly to one kind of cue and hold back on another.

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• Stroop

  Selective attention and interference

  Name the ink colour of a word while ignoring what the word says.

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• Mental Rotation

  Spatial visualisation

  Turn a knob to bring an on-screen 3D object or rotated letter into line with a target.

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• Approach-Avoidance

  Motivation and emotional bias

  Move towards some images and away from others, then compare the speed of each.

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• Simon Effect

  Spatial stimulus and response conflict

  Respond to a feature of a cue while ignoring which side of the screen it appears on.

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• Motor Stroop

  Inhibition of motor responses

  Make a required movement while a conflicting cue pulls towards a different one.

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• Finger Tapping

  Motor speed and coordination

  Tap as quickly and steadily as possible for a set time.

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• Wisconsin Card Sorting

  Cognitive flexibility

  Sort cards by a rule, then adapt when the rule changes without warning.

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• Digit Span

  Attention and working memory

  Repeat a growing list of digits, forwards or backwards.

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• Lexical Decision

  Visual word recognition

  Decide as quickly as possible whether a string of letters is a real word.

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• Memory Span

  Short-term memory capacity

  Recall a growing sequence of items in the order shown.

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• Decision Making

  Judgement and choice under risk

  Choose between options that differ in risk and reward.

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• Problem Solving

  Planning and reasoning

  Plan a series of moves to reach a goal.

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Task descriptions give the general form of each task, as it is taught. They are not our protocols.