Table 4.

Number of participants excluded from further data analysis and reasons for the exclusions.

	Control 45-2	Translation 43-3	Interpreting 57-6
Computer breakdown in n-back post-test		1
Abnormal performance in L2 test (less than 10 out of a total of 30 and worse in post-test than in pre-test)	1	1	3
Background different from others (nervous as the only first-year student among all second-year students)		1
Not serious in n-back post-test (wrong input of her student number, lowest accuracy at 69%)	1
Abnormal performance in IQ test (less than 55 out of a total of 72, which means “retarded” according to Raven et al., 1977).			3