N-back Training Task Performance: Analysis and Model

Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 120-125

  Harbison, J Isaiah ^a   Atkins, Sharona M ^a   Dougherty, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

computational model; continuous performance task; executive functioning; n back; working memory; working memory training

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TASK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; MEMORY TRAINING; N-BACK; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE TASKS; WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY TRAINING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 85137109638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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