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. 2014 Apr 9;2014:538602. doi: 10.1155/2014/538602

Table 3.

Dual-task assessments.

Task Description Transfer
Stroop task An executive function task representing the type of tasks trained during practice. Participants hear the words “high” and “low,” spoken in either a high pitch or a low pitch; participants are instructed to report the pitch of the word (high/low), ignoring the actual word Trained

Clock task A visuospatial cognition task. Participants are instructed to generate a mental representation of a clock face and respond verbally (yes/no) based on where the hands of the clock would be for the given times Untrained

Spontaneous speech Spontaneous narrative in response to a stimulus question; highly relevant to everyday dual tasking Untrained

Coin-transfer task Participants wear a belt with pockets and transfer coins from one pocket to another Untrained