Talk:N-back

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Potential References

Hello, community. I plan to edit this article using these sources. They are listed in no particular order. I can't find a source that critiques the n-back, but these sources at least give some idea of when n-backs are used.

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Dommer, L., Jäger, N., Scholkmann, F., Wolf, M., & Holper, L. (2012). Between-brain coherence during joint n-back task performance: A two-person functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Behavioural Brain Research, 234(2), 212-222. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2012.06.024

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Requiredforclass (talk) 06:39, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why are n-back tasks used?

The article only mentions that n-back tasks are used to "stimulate brain activity." For what end? Why are neuroscientists interested in this? Requiredforclass (talk) 19:44, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that its purpose should be expanded upon. I also think the neurobiology section is too small, and that some images of the brain areas discussed would be beneficial. Another example of an n-back task would be helpful, especially with articles cited that might explain its usefulness in science in a more direct manner. K-BlueHerring (talk) 01:49, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Software implementation

The screen shot of the n-back task is for a commercial software sold by FingerFriendlySoft in the itunes store. It is there for the purposes of advertising and thus inappropriate. Moreover, the screen shot is uninformative with regards to the task, I am removing it. jben —Preceding undated comment added 10:15, 25 August 2011 (UTC).[reply]

The text: "The suite of working memory training tasks used in the study on dopamine receptor levels is available from Pearson Education.^[1]" has been removed because there are no reference to dopamine receptor previously.Ppaulojr (talk) 19:33, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted because your claim was incorrect. --Gwern (contribs) 22:45 7 July 2011 (GMT)

Sparse Introduction

The introduction lacks an enticing and relevant description of the subject matter. mmm.designs (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:33, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

^ Cogmed Working Memory Training from Pearson Education

[1] Cogmed Working Memory Training from Pearson Education

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