The Temporal Dynamics of Working Memory Maintenance in a Category-Based N-Back Task

The Effect of Working Memory Training on Vocabulary Recall and Retention of Iranian EFL Learners: The Case of Dual N-Back Task

This study examined the effect of working memory training on vocabulary recall and retention ofIranian EFL learners using dual N-back task technique. To this end, 50 EFL learners at IslamicAzad University of Shoushtar were randomly assigned to the experimental (n = 25) and control (n= 25) groups. Before the treatment, a vocabulary test was administered to the participants to assessthe participa...

the impact of pre-task planning on the improvement of iranian efl learners’ writing skill in task-based language teaching (tblt)

هدف اصلی تحقیق حاضر تبیین تاثیر برنامه ریزی پیش از انجام تکلیف بر بهبود مهارت نوشتاری زبان آموزان ایرانی در آموزش زبان تکلیف محور می باشد. به بیانی دیگر، این مطالعه رابطه بین برنامه ریزی پیش از انجام تکلیف و دو ویژگی زبانی در عملکرد نوشتاری یعنی پیچیدگی و دقت در مهارت نوشتاری را در سی یادگیرنده زبان در دو بخش عمده بررسی می کند. ابزارهای مورد استفاده برای جمع آوری داده ها در مطالعه حاضر شامل آزم...

The concurrent validity of the N-back task as a working memory measure.

The N-back task is used extensively in literature as a working memory (WM) paradigm and it is increasingly used as a measure of individual differences. However, not much is known about the psychometric properties of this task and the current study aims to shed more light on this issue. We first review the current literature on the psychometric properties of the N-back task. With three experimen...

Novel n-back spatial working memory task using eye movement response Running title: n-back eye movement task

Working memory, attention control, and the N-back task: a question of construct validity.

The N-back task requires participants to decide whether each stimulus in a sequence matches the one that appeared n items ago. Although N-back has become a standard "executive" working memory (WM) measure in cognitive neuroscience, it has been subjected to few behavioral tests of construct validity. A combined experimental- correlational study tested the attention-control demands of verbal 2- a...