Word presentation |
A series of words is displayed on the screen, one word at a time. In this case, 15 words were presented with a display time of 1 s and interstimulus interval of 1 s |
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Immediate word recall |
Participants are instructed to write down the words that were presented. In this case, 60 s were given to complete the task |
Number correct and number of errors |
Episodic memory |
Picture presentation |
A series of photographic images are displayed on the screen, one at a time. In this case, 15 images were presented with a display time of 2 s and an interstimulus interval of 1 s |
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Simple reaction time |
An upwards pointing arrow is displayed on the screen at irregular intervals. Participants must respond as quickly as they can as soon as they see the arrow appear. In this case, 50 stimuli were presented |
Reaction time (ms) |
Attention |
Digit vigilance |
A fixed number appears on the right of the screen and a series of changing numbers appear on the left of the screen at the rate of 150 per minute. Participants are required to make a response when the number on the left matches the number on the right. In this case the task lasted for 3 min |
Accuracy (%), reaction time for the correct responses (ms) and false alarms (number) |
Attention |
Numeric working memory |
Five single target numbers are displayed on the screen, one at a time. Participants are required to memorise these numbers as they appear. Once the target series has been presented, numbers are displayed one at a time and participants are required to indicate if each number was presented in the previous list or not. In this case, three trials were completed |
Accuracy (%) and reaction time for the correct responses (ms) |
Working memory |
Verbal fluency |
Participants are presented with a letter on screen and asked to write down as many words as they can, beginning with that letter. In this case, the letters presented were A, T, C, F, M, and S and 60 s were given to complete the task |
Number correct permitted words, with names and perseverations discounted from the total score |
Language |
Delayed word recall |
Participants are instructed to write down the words that were presented to them at the beginning of the assessment. In this case, 60 s were given to complete the task |
Number correct and number of errors |
Episodic memory |
Rapid visual information processing |
A continuous series of single digits are presented in the centre of the screen at the rate of 100 per minute. Participants are required to make a response when three consecutive odd or three consecutive even digits are displayed. In this case, the task lasted for 5 min, with eight correct target strings presented in each minute. |
Accuracy (%), reaction time for the correct responses (ms) and false alarms (number) |
Attention |
Delayed word recognition |
All target words that were shown during Word presentation plus an equal number of decoys are displayed on the screen one at a time. Participants indicate if they remember seeing the word earlier or not. |
Accuracy (%) and reaction time for the correct responses (ms) |
Episodic memory |
Delayed picture recognition |
All target pictures shown during Picture presentation plus an equal number of decoys are displayed on the screen one at a time. Participants indicate if they remember seeing the picture earlier or not. |
Accuracy (%) and reaction time for the correct responses (ms) |
Episodic memory |