Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/39213
ISSN: 1664-1078
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Pelegrina, Santiago; Lechuga, María Teresa; García-Madruga, Juan Antonio; Elosúa, María Rosa; Macizo Soria, Pedro; Carreiras, Manuel; Fuentes, Luis J.; Bajo Molina, María Teresa
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Frontiers Research Foundation
Materia
N-back
 
Working memory updating
 
Working memory development
 
Memory development in children
 
Working memoy
 
Fecha
2015
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Pelegrina, S.; et al. Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology, 6: 1544 (2015). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/39213]
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The research reported here was supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (CSD2008-00048) in the CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 programme and two grants from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology: PSI2012-37764 and PSI2012-33625.
Resumen
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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