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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Schizophr Res. 2015 Jun 1;166(0):283–289. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.05.030

Table 3.

Challenging our Minds (COM) domains and task example.

Track (number of tasks) Type of tasks within tracka
Attention (10): Participants respond as quickly as possible to colors, sounds and images as they appear and/or move across the screen
Executive function (11): Participants differentiate and organize data and information by categorizing shapes, colors, words and numbers
Memory (8): Participants remember locations of colors and images, recall the facts associated with a phone message, recall series of up to 5 numbers forward, backwards and after a 15 second delay.
Visual spatial skills (9) Participants complete complex puzzles and designs, identify and recognize shades of light/dark, complex patterns angles, and spatial relationships among different objects.
Problem solving (10): Participants organize information and use deductive and inductive reasoning to come to conclusions and solve problems.
Communication (5): Participants complete tasks focusing on auditory discrimination, verbal comprehension, reading and following both written and verbal instructions.
a

Due to space limitations, a subset of tasks are described for each track