描述的结果来自波兰国家科学中心根据2014/13/B/HS6/03155号赠款支持的项目。

SWPS 社会科学和人文伦理学大学委员会评估了此处描述的协议。根据《赫尔辛基宣言》，每位与会者都获得了书面知情同意。
1. 参加者征聘
<ol><li>为每个培训组招募至少36名志愿者。这一数字被证明足以观察作者先前的研究以及关于这一主题的文献的群体间影响。工作记忆训练研究中的典型效果大小介于 d=0.6 到 0.8 之间，具体取决于培训类型或目标组。基于这些值，并瞄准0.8与阿尔法在0.05的体面统计能力，在这类研究的最低样本量（根据索珀45提出的公式计算）是36（最好是更多）。<ol>
<li>使用以下包容标准:55岁以上，无神经或精神疾病史，上肢运动技能保存，无失明或听力损失，目前不参与任何其他认知（特别是记忆）训练。</li>
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	<li>使用各种方法招募参与者:张贴在社交媒体个人资料、研究和工作平台或讨论小组上的在线广告，以及第三年龄的大学或涉及老年人野餐（也使用海报和传单）的活动期间的当面公告，以确保被招募者不仅仅是互联网用户。</li>
	<li>请记住，请在广告中充分描述您正在寻找什么类型的参与者。</li>
</ol>2. 道德委员会的评价
<ol><li>在开始研究之前，请获得当地道德委员会的评估表，包括:a） 包括积极干预人类行为的互动，旨在改变这种行为，而不直接干扰大脑，例如认知训练、心理治疗等（这也适用于旨在使被调查者受益的干预，例如改善他的记忆），b） 收集和处理参与者的个人数据，特别是允许识别受试者的数据。</li>
</ol>3. 初步筛查
<ol><li>首先进行简短的访谈，详细告知参与者项目的目标、退出的可能性以及个人数据保护。</li>
	<li>确保参与者不服用药物或从未患过任何可能影响中枢神经系统功能的疾病。同样，控制与影响认知功能的神经系统疾病无关的药物的摄入。如果筛查显示任何不需要的信息，请将志愿者排除在研究之外。</li>
	<li>筛选成功后，将书面知情同意书提交给参与者，并请他们阅读。书面知情同意书应涉及以下信息:a） 特定国家的数据收集和处理的法律基础，b） 有关数据所有者权利的信息（例如访问个人数据、补充不完整的个人数据的可能性、删除数据或处理限制）。<ol>
<li>要求参与者签署知情同意书。</li>
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	<li>进行迷你精神状态检查 （MMSE）32， 以确保参与者没有轻微认知障碍的迹象 - 进入研究的下一阶段至少需要 27 分。<ol>
<li>向参与者阅读 MMSE 的介绍脚本，然后根据考试脚本提问。</li>
		<li>首先，通过提出一系列问题来评估地点和时间的方向:今天的完整日期是什么？今天是星期几？我们在哪里（什么城市，什么建筑，哪个楼层）？</li>
		<li>跟随记忆测试:要求参与者记住三个被你大声读取的对象:通过评估注意力、注意力和计算的七项任务系列，最后要求参与者回忆以前学到的三个对象。</li>
		<li>最后，根据考试脚本测试命名、重复和理解。</li>
		<li>评分答案如下:0=错误或缺乏答案，1=正确答案。</li>
		<li>管理 MMSE 测试的时间不超过 10 分钟。</li>
		<li>如果一个人没有达到要求的阈值（27分），通知他们结果。如果有任何怀疑临床上降低的认知功能水平，请将此人转介到专科单位（例如，神经中心的认证心理学家）。</li>
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	<li>以符合当地法律和/或《一般数据保护条例》的方式存储文档。</li>
</ol>4. 培训组作业
<ol><li>随机将参与者分配到实验组或对照组（ 图 1）。为了确保过程的随机性，生成分配给一个和两个（培训组）的 50 个代号（ 图 2）的列表，并将每个参与者的招聘顺序与这些代码（保存在单独的文件中）连接起来。从现在起，将参与者数据替换为代号。</li>
</ol><img alt="Figure 1" class="xfigimg" src="/files/ftp_upload/60804/60804fig1.jpg"> 图1.学习设计与培训任务的例子。学员在为期5周的培训协议之前和之后经历了两次测量课程。 <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/60804/60804fig1large.jpg" target="_blank">请点击这里查看此数字的较大版本。</a>
<ol start="2"><li>确保群体分配在年龄、性别或教育水平方面没有偏见。将年龄、性别和教育组预先分配到每个培训组的代号列表（1 和 2），如 图 2所列。根据每个志愿者的特点将他们放入表格中。</li>
</ol><img alt="Figure 2" class="xfigimg" src="/files/ftp_upload/60804/60804fig2.jpg"> 图2.建议的小组分配编码表示例。
5. 认知功能初步评估
<ol><li>强调向参与者提供非常清晰和详细的指导，指导他们如何在每个程序开始时完成每个任务。在每个任务之前运行"训练块"（与培训任务相同），并观察参与者，如果他们的答案表明他们理解指示。 注:在下面每个任务的描述开头描述此类块的包含。</li>
	<li>在演示每个任务的指导和练习部分后，在开始程序的主要部分之前，再次询问参与者是否理解该程序的要求。</li>
	<li>确保每个参与者将完成以下任务的完整集。</li>
	<li>操作跨度任务 （OSPAN）<ol>
<li>运行一个培训块，以估计每个参与者计算简单数学方程所需的单独时间（单位数的添加、减法、除法和乘法（而不是更高的数字）。</li>
		<li>在白屏中间显示与参与者的方程。指示参与者思考结果，然后按箭头指向下一个屏幕，其中方程的结果被呈现。让参与者通过按 真 或 假 按钮来给出答案。</li>
		<li>计算解方程所需的时间。使用最后一个块中所需的平均时间作为在任务的主要部分显示方程的时间。为估计方程结果的正确性而设定一个固定的时间限制:5s。</li>
		<li>在下一个训练块显示屏幕上的字母 - 一个接一个，每个500毫秒，并指示参与者记住他们。整套（3到9个字母）后，将12个字母的矩阵呈现给参与者，并要求按正确的顺序标记记忆中的字母。不要给出答案的时间限制。记录正确性。</li>
		<li>运行任务的主要部分。在最后一个方块中，将上述两个训练块混合在一起:每个部分与方程（记住时间限制！显示 2 到 5 对"方程 + 字母"，然后在呈现整个"方程 +字母"对序列后，显示参与者以正确的顺序标记记忆字母的字母矩阵。记录数学和记忆部分的正确性。 注:通过此测试，将评估工作内存的操作跨度（同时记住另一种信息时处理一种信息）。</li>
	</ol></li>
	<li>斯特恩伯格任务<ol>
<li>在黑屏上以白色字体显示数字的随机序列（一组 2 到 5 个），每个数字为 500 毫秒，间隔范围从 2500 毫秒到 3000 毫秒不等。</li>
		<li>显示2500毫秒的固定十字。</li>
		<li>在呈现序列的末尾，以黄色字体显示目标数字为 500 毫秒。</li>
		<li>让参与者通过按" 是/否 "按钮来决定黄色数字是否出现在前面的白色数字集中。如果参与者在 3000 毫秒内没有给出答案，请用固定点进入屏幕并开始下一次试用。将此尝试视为错误答案。</li>
		<li>重复步骤 5.5.1 到 5.5.4 120 次（试验），50% 的探头包含序列中的目标数字，50% 的探头不（随机）。</li>
		<li>记录每次试验的正确性和反应时间。 注意:此任务测试在内存中搜索信息的速度。反应时间的增加伴随着集的扩大，这被解释为存储器内容的串行搜索过程。</li>
	</ol></li>
	<li>运行内存跨度任务<ol>
<li>在屏幕上，显示有关要记住的字母数（3、4、5 或 6 个字母，具体取决于块的难度级别），并要求参与者按下一个屏幕。</li>
		<li>在白屏中央逐一呈现一系列黑色字体，每个字母为 0.25 s。</li>
		<li>要求参与者复制序列中最后字母的固定编号:固定编号:4:序列:K U J D S T W A:要记住的信件:S T W A。</li>
		<li>要接收参与者的回答，请在屏幕上显示 9 个字母 （3x3） 的矩阵，并要求参与者用鼠标标记适当的字母（以便出现字母）。不要给出答案的时间限制。</li>
		<li>记录正确性（注意序列错误）。 注:此测试测量工作内存的容量，使用额外的干扰，其形式是无法预测列表中的哪些字母是需要记住的部分。</li>
	</ol></li>
	<li>测试去不去<ol>
<li>在白色屏幕上显示试验组成: a） 250 毫秒 - 固定点 （白色十字架）， b） 1250 毫秒 - 刺激 （字母）， c） 2000 毫秒 - 固定的刺激间歇。</li>
		<li>当目标刺激 （字母 X ） 出现在屏幕上时，让参与者通过尽快按下键来做出反应。</li>
		<li>记录答案的反应时间和正确性。 注:该测试在两种条件下测量抑制效率:在较容易的情况下，字母 X 以 50/50 的比例呈现于其他字母，在较困难的条件下，目标刺激以 70/30 的比例显示。</li>
	</ol></li>
	<li>切换任务<ol>
<li>使用水平线将屏幕分成两部分。呈现由此行上方或下方的较小方块或矩形组成的红色方形或矩形。</li>
		<li>根据数字的显示位置，应用两种不同的规则让参与者做出反应 - 屏幕上半部分的"注意小数字"（本地）和屏幕下半部分"注意由较小数字组成的整个数字"（全球）。让参与者根据显示刺激的屏幕部分做出反应。</li>
		<li>添加一个提示，指示参与者应响应到哪个维度（全球或本地）。与局部尺寸相关的提示应包括目标刺激的一侧呈现的红色小方块和目标刺激的另一侧显示的红色小矩形。因此，与全球维度相关的提示应包括目标刺激的一侧显示的大红色方块和目标刺激的另一侧显示的大红色矩形。</li>
		<li>随机显示中线上方或下方的数字。</li>
		<li>让参与者按照之前提出的规则做出反应:使用左键回答"矩形"，按右按钮回答"方形"。</li>
		<li>记录反应时间和答案的正确性。 注:响应时间必须固定在3500毫秒。提示和目标刺激之间的时间间隔应该是 500 毫秒。响应和提示呈现之间的间隔应为 1000 毫秒。每个数字和每个提示应呈现给参与者通过按下其中一个键来做出反应所需的所有时间。切换任务测量认知流畅性，因为它需要在相关元素之间快速切换注意力。</li>
	</ol></li>
	<li>线性线性音素化任务
	<ol>
<li>屏幕上显示一组三个"前提"，它们共同构成了逻辑关系链:带有关于它们之间关系的信息的字母对:A >B、B =C 和 C > D。每个前提应在屏幕上显示 1500 毫秒，它们之间的间隔应持续 3000、3500 或 4000 毫秒（随机）。集成的心理模型表示32 这样的一组对将永远在线性顺序"A>B>C>D"。</li>
		<li>包括三对可能的前提关系在单独的试验:1） A > B， B > C， C > D （相邻对， 与在学习阶段看到的完全相同）， 2） A > C， B > D （两步关系， 以前看不到， 需要信息集成）， 3） A > D （终点关系， 以前从未见过， 需要信息集成） 。</li>
		<li>构建任务，使其包含两个条件:一个简单的条件，其中前提应按它们形成逻辑字符串的顺序一个接一个地显示（例如字符串:问答:前提订单:问答、W>E、E>R、R>T）:条件困难时，应更改房地的顺序（例如房地订单:W>E、问答、研发、E>R）。</li>
		<li>通过显示参与者需要尽快评估的真实（答案:右键）或错误（答案:左按钮）的陈述（每个陈述 1500 毫秒），立即对参与者进行测试。为答案设定时间限制 - 6000 毫秒，并在给出每个答案后再等待 1000 毫秒，然后再显示下一个问题。每个语句应仅包含一对字母及其之间的关系（"lt;"或">"），以正确（例如，"W & gt; E？"）或错误设置（例如，"E > W？"）。</li>
		<li>随机排列字母，以尽量减少由字母的隐含字母顺序引起的可能干扰。</li>
		<li>使用大写字母作为刺激而不是整个句子，以避免语言内涵和符号"+"来表示元素之间的关系。</li>
		<li>收集有关每个问题回答的准确性和反应时间的数据。 注:有关相邻对的问题用于估计内存，有关前提的问题按混合顺序呈现，以及询问逻辑序列的远要素之间的关系的问题，请测量信息集成的能力。</li>
	</ol></li>
</ol>6. 培训协议
<ol><li>对于实验（n-back）和控制（Quiz）培训，参与者可以访问 Internet 平台（登录和密码）， 允许他们每 24 小时进入网站一次，以避免参与者每天训练不止一次的情况。</li>
	<li>确保参与者了解任务以及培训方案。</li>
	<li>指示参与者每次在类似的条件下，在平静和安静的地方训练，外部干扰器可能水平较低。</li>
	<li>实验训练:工作记忆范式 注:自适应双n-back任务作为工作记忆培训计划。这项任务由Jaeggi等人介绍 ，同时招募听觉和视觉注意力、维护和更新过程。<ol>
<li>在 N+2 级别指导参与者执行任务（见图 1B）。</li>
		<li>使用字母表字母作为听觉刺激和绿色方块，作为视觉刺激呈现在 3x3 矩阵中的 9 个位置之一。</li>
		<li>呈现一个项目为 500 毫秒， 然后是 2500 毫秒间隔， 在此期间， 参与者应该回应。当前刺激可以匹配目标视觉（左手响应）或听觉刺激（右手响应）或两者（双手同时响应）。</li>
		<li>单节训练<ol>
<li>在任务的第一个块中设置 N 到 2 的级别。每个块之后，评估答案的正确性，并在此基础上调整下一个块中的 N 级。如果精度超过85%，难度水平应提高（增加1分），如果精度低于60%，则降低难度水平。在其他情况下，N 保持不变。</li>
			<li>对于第一个块，将 n 背任务级别固定在 N+2。稍后，根据上一块中答案的正确性确定当前块的 N 级。如果精度超过85%，则提高难度水平。如果精度低于 60%，则应降低难度级别。在其他情况下，N 级应保持不变。</li>
			<li>为 15 轮（15 个任务块）设置单个双 n 背会话，每个回合有 20 + N 次试验，整个训练集为 25 次。</li>
			<li>记录每次试验的反应时间 （RTs） 和准确度 （ACC） 措施。</li>
		</ol>
</li>
	</ol>
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	<li>控制训练:偶发性记忆范式<ol>
<li>从互联网收集材料，以构建涉及语义记忆的测验任务（例如，匈牙利的首都是什么？</li>
		<li>测验任务的每个培训课中提出 15 个问题（从第二节开始，5 个问题来自上一期，10 个问题应该是新的），阅读时间没有限制。指示参与者在选择"答案"按钮后，他们必须在 40 秒内选择四个给出的可能性之一。为答案的正确性提供反馈。</li>
		<li>将整个培训设置为 25 个课程。</li>
	</ol>
</li>
</ol>7. 培训监督
<ol><li>在培训过程中，验证每个参与者的训练进度。向每位参与者分配一名负责检查（在线）培训进度的实验者。</li>
	<li>如果课间休息时间超过两天，请让实验者通过短信联系参与者，并鼓励他或她恢复培训。</li>
</ol>8. 认知功能训练后评估
<ol><li>以训练前会议的确切方式进行训练后课程。</li>
	<li>以 150 PLN（约 40 美元）补偿完成整个协议的每个参与者。</li>
</ol>

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作者没有什么可透露的。

在此处介绍的研究中，我们调查了老年人是否可以从工作记忆培训中受益，以及培训是否与他们的基本认知的初始水平有关。我们使用 n 背任务作为实验干预和工作记忆能力（用 OSPAN 任务测量）是探索参与者智力功能初始水平的方法。我们在协议中有两个关键步骤。第一个也是最重要的一个是评估最初的WM水平。第二种是仔细匹配两种训练方案，除了"认知内容"（即工作记忆和语义记忆）。通过?...

在许多认知训练研究中，双n背任务被用作工作记忆（WM）训练的方法。WM是认知干预的共同目标，因为它对其他更高层次的智力功能很重要。然而，这种培训的有效性及其在认知方面创造更普遍改进的潜力，一直备受争议（对于元分析，见2、3、4、5、6、7、14和审查，见4、8、9、10、11、12、13）。虽然一些研究人员声称"...没有令人信服的证据可以证明工作记忆训练被概括为其他技能的'4，其他人则提供元分析数据，显示WM培训2，3，5，6，11的显著效果。另一个问题是WM在老年人口中的有效性。多项WM培训研究显示，与15岁、16岁、17岁、18岁、19岁、20岁的长者相比，年轻人的益处更大，而其他研究则显示，在21岁、22岁、23岁、24岁、25岁这两个年龄组，亦有类似的效果。
各种元素被认为预测记忆训练的好处26。其中一些因素似乎是WM培训有效性21的潜在版主。心理能力，被描述为基线认知能力或一般认知资源，似乎是这个位置最有力的选择之一。为了评估初始智力水平的作用，我们在应用培训方案之前特别强调了认知能力的测量（此处描述的方法）。数据显示，与最初认知功能较低的27人相比，在训练开始时认知能力较高的参与者取得了更好的训练效果。在教育研究中也观察到类似的现象，它被称为"马修效应28"，这种观察表明，与那些最初能力水平较低的人相比，最初技能更好的人进步更大。
然而，关于这一主题的报告没有太多，这发人深省。此外，在数据分析和解释30中，即使是个人差异也很大，特别是在老年人口方面，往往无人看管。在本研究中，我们考察了工作记忆能力的初始水平对健康老年人群体WM培训成功的影响。为了保持实验组和对照组之间尽可能相似的训练方案的每一个元素，我们采用了主动对照组设计。因此，培训内容（WM 与语义记忆）仍然是决定训练结果预期差异的一个关键因素。这两个小组都进行了计算机化的、基于家庭的培训。实验组的成员被分配到一个适应性双n-back训练计划和一个主动对照组训练，任务基于语义记忆测验。这里的新方法是强调通过评估参与者的工作记忆能力（WMC）对参与者的认知水平进行初步评估。此外，评估本文中我们目前的初始 WMC 级别的方法已被证明是区分在随后的工作记忆培训中将成功和不会成功的人的有效工具。我们先前曾描述并公布这项研究的结果。因此，在本文中，我们重点介绍了我们使用的协议的详细描述。

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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:216px;">GEx</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">n/a</td>
			<td style="width:289px;">authorial online platform: 
			used for N-back training, Quiz</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:216px;">IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">IBM Corporation</td>
			<td style="width:289px;">SPSS software was used to compute statistical analysis.</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:216px;">Inquisit version 4.0.8.0</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">Millisecond Software</td>
			<td style="width:289px;">software: tool for designing and administering experiments 
			used for: The Sternberg Task, The Linear Syllogism Task and presenting the instructions for baseline EEG recording</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:216px;">MATLAB R2018b</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">The MathWorks, Inc</td>
			<td style="width:289px;">MATLAB software was used to compute statistics and to export databases and&#160; visualisation of the results</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:216px;">PsychoPy version 2 v.1.83.04</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">Jonathan Peirce; supported by University of Nottingham</td>
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working memory training for older participants: a control group training regimen and initial intellectual functioning assessment

认知训练干预措施的有效性最近备受争议。对于哪种培训方案最有效，没有达成共识。此外，作为培训结果预测因素的个人特征仍在调查中。在本文中，我们展示了通过不仅检查工作记忆 （WM） 培训对老年人认知有效性的影响，以及初始 WM 能力 （WMC） 对培训结果的影响来解决这个问题的尝试。我们详细描述了如何与主动对照组（记忆测验）一起进行5周的自适应双n背训练。我们在此重点介绍培训的技术方面以及参与者 WMC 的初步评估。对其他认知维度的训练前后表现的评估基于记忆更新、抑制、注意力转移、短期记忆（STM）和推理测试的结果。我们发现，WMC 的初始水平预测了 n 背式培训干预的效率。我们还注意到，我们测量的认知功能几乎所有方面的培训后改进，但这些影响大多是独立干预。

与培训相关的影响
85名受试者参加了这项研究（29名是男性），他们平均66.7岁。由于技术问题，没有记录n-back培训组一名参与者的数据。最后分析了来自n-back培训组43名参与者和测验培训组42名参与者的数据。通过反复措施对方差（MANOVA）进行多变量分析，分析培训对两个培训组随时间（训练前、训练后）的具体影...

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Working Memory Training for Older Participants: A Control Group Training Regimen and Initial Intellectual Functioning Assessment

介绍了对老年人口的认知训练干预以及对培训前认知能力的评估。我们展示了两个版本的训练 - 实验和主动控制 - 并演示它们对认知测试阵列的影响。

老年学员工作记忆培训:对照组培训方案和初始智力功能评估

The efficacy of cognitive training interventions is recently highly debated. There is no consensus on what kind of training regimen is the most effective. ...

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4.5K 次观看.  SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. 介绍了对老年人口的认知训练干预以及对培训前认知能力的评估。我们展示了两个版本的训练 - 实验和主动控制 - 并演示它们对认知测试阵列的影响。

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Training Synesthetic Letter-color Associations by Reading in Color

Synesthesia is a rare condition in which a stimulus from one modality automatically and consistently triggers unusual sensations in the same and/or other modalities. A relatively common and well-studied type is grapheme-color synesthesia, defined as the consistent experience of color when viewing, hearing and thinking about letters, words and numbers. We describe our method for investigating to what extent synesthetic associations between letters and colors can be learned by reading in color in nonsynesthetes. Reading in color is a special method for training associations in the sense that the associations are learned implicitly while the reader reads text as he or she normally would and it does not require explicit computer-directed training methods. In this protocol, participants are given specially prepared books to read in which four high-frequency letters are paired with four high-frequency colors. Participants receive unique sets of letter-color pairs based on their pre-existing preferences for colored letters. A modified Stroop task is administered before and after reading in order to test for learned letter-color associations and changes in brain activation. In addition to objective testing, a reading experience questionnaire is administered that is designed to probe for differences in subjective experience. A subset of questions may predict how well an individual learned the associations from reading in color. Importantly, we are not claiming that this method will cause each individual to develop grapheme-color synesthesia, only that it is possible for certain individuals to form letter-color associations by reading in color and these associations are similar in some aspects to those seen in developmental grapheme-color synesthetes. The method is quite flexible and can be used to investigate different aspects and outcomes of training synesthetic associations, including learning-induced changes in brain function and structure.

Reading in color is a new method for training letter-color associations that are typically found only in grapheme-color synesthetes. It involves an implicit form of training that has potential for long-term associative training methods&#160;because the training is a byproduct of reading and any text can be colored.

通过读取颜色联觉训练信纸颜色协会

Synesthesia is a rare condition in which a stimulus from one modality automatically and consistently triggers unusual sensations in the same and/or other ...

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A Cognitive Paradigm to Investigate Interference in Working Memory by Distractions and Interruptions

Goal-directed behavior is often impaired by interference from the external environment, either in the form of distraction by irrelevant information that one attempts to ignore, or by interrupting information that demands attention as part of another (secondary) task goal. Both forms of external interference have been shown to detrimentally impact the ability to maintain information in working memory (WM). Emerging evidence suggests that these different types of external interference exert different effects on behavior and may be mediated by distinct neural mechanisms. Better characterizing the distinct neuro-behavioral impact of irrelevant distractions versus attended interruptions is essential for advancing an understanding of top-down attention, resolution of external interference, and how these abilities become degraded in healthy aging and in neuropsychiatric conditions. This manuscript describes a novel cognitive paradigm developed the Gazzaley lab that has now been modified into several distinct versions used to elucidate behavioral and neural correlates of interference, by to-be-ignored distractors versus to-be-attended interruptors. Details are provided on variants of this paradigm for investigating interference in visual and auditory modalities, at multiple levels of stimulus complexity, and with experimental timing optimized for electroencephalography (EEG) or functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies. In addition, data from younger and older adult participants obtained using this paradigm is reviewed and discussed in the context of its relationship with the broader literatures on external interference and age-related neuro-behavioral changes in resolving interference in working memory.

A novel cognitive paradigm is developed to elucidate behavioral and neural correlates of interference by to-be-ignored distractors versus interference by to-be-attended interruptors during a working memory task. In this manuscript, several variants of this paradigm are detailed, and data obtained with this paradigm in younger/older adult participants is reviewed.

认知范式调查干扰工作记忆的干扰和中断

Goal-directed behavior is often impaired by interference from the external environment, either in the form of distraction by irrelevant information that ...

Vision Training Methods for Sports Concussion Mitigation and Management

There is emerging evidence supporting the use vision training, including light board training tools, as a concussion baseline and neuro-diagnostic tool and potentially as a supportive component to concussion prevention strategies. This paper is focused on providing detailed methods for select vision training tools and reporting normative data for comparison when vision training is a part of a sports management program. The overall program includes standard vision training methods including tachistoscope, Brock&#8217;s string, and strobe glasses, as well as specialized light board training algorithms. Stereopsis is measured as a means to monitor vision training affects. In addition, quantitative results for vision training methods as well as baseline and post-testing *A and Reaction Test measures with progressive scores are reported. Collegiate athletes consistently improve after six weeks of training in their stereopsis, *A and Reaction Test scores. When vision training is initiated as a team wide exercise, the incidence of concussion decreases in players who participate in training compared to players who do not receive the vision training. Vision training produces functional and performance changes that, when monitored, can be used to assess the success of the vision training and can be initiated as part of a sports medical intervention for concussion prevention.

This paper describes a protocol to conduct, quantitatively monitor, and assess the success of vision training initiated as part of a sports medical management program including intervention for concussion prevention and performance enhancement.

视觉训练方法体育震荡缓解与管理

There is emerging evidence supporting the use vision training, including light board training tools, as a concussion baseline and neuro-diagnostic tool ...

Combined Shuttle-Box Training with Electrophysiological Cortex Recording and Stimulation as a Tool to Study Perception and Learning

Shuttle-box avoidance learning is a well-established method in behavioral neuroscience and experimental setups were traditionally custom-made; the necessary equipment is now available by several commercial companies. This protocol provides a detailed description of a two-way shuttle-box avoidance learning paradigm in rodents (here Mongolian gerbils; Meriones unguiculatus) in combination with site-specific electrical intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) and simultaneous chronical electrophysiological in vivo recordings. The detailed protocol is applicable to study multiple aspects of learning behavior and perception in different rodent species.
Site-specific ICMS of auditory cortical circuits as conditioned stimuli here is used as a tool to test the perceptual relevance of specific afferent, efferent and intracortical connections. Distinct activation patterns can be evoked by using different stimulation electrode arrays for local, layer-dependent ICMS or distant ICMS sites. Utilizing behavioral signal detection analysis it can be determined which stimulation strategy is most effective for eliciting a behaviorally detectable and salient signal. Further, parallel multichannel-recordings using different electrode designs (surface electrodes, depth electrodes, etc.) allow for investigating neuronal observables over the time course of such learning processes. It will be discussed how changes of the behavioral design can increase the cognitive complexity (e.g. detection, discrimination, reversal learning).

Shuttle-box avoidance learning is well-established in behavioral neuroscience. This protocol describes how shuttle-box learning in rodents can be combined with site-specific electrical intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) and simultaneous chronical in vivo recordings as a tool to study multiple aspects of learning and perception.

联合穿梭盒子训练与电的Cortex记录和刺激作为一种工具来研究感知和学习

Shuttle-box avoidance learning is a well-established method in behavioral neuroscience and experimental setups were traditionally custom-made; the ...

Pavlovian Conditioned Approach Training in Rats

Cues that are contingently paired with unconditioned, rewarding stimuli can acquire rewarding properties themselves through a process known as the attribution of incentive salience, or the transformation of neutral stimuli into attractive, &#34;wanted&#39; stimuli capable of motivating behavior. Pavlovian conditioned approach (PCA) develops after the response-independent presentation of a conditioned stimulus (CS; e.g., a lever) that predicts the delivery of an unconditioned stimulus (US; e.g., a food pellet) and can be used to measure incentive salience. During training, three patterns of conditioned responses (CRs) can develop: sign-tracking behavior (CS-directed CR), goal-tracking behavior (US-directed CR), and an intermediate response (both CRs). Sign-trackers attribute incentive salience to reward-related cues and are more vulnerable to cue-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking as well as other addiction-related behaviors, making PCA a potentially valuable procedure for studying addiction vulnerability. Here, we describe materials and methods used to elicit PCA behavior from rats as well as analyze and interpret PCA behavior in individual experiments.

Here, we present a protocol to elicit Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in rats. This procedure can be used to measure individual differences in the tendency to approach and attribute incentive salience to reward-related cues and investigate addiction vulnerability.

大鼠条件性巴甫洛夫训练方法

Cues that are contingently paired with unconditioned, rewarding stimuli can acquire rewarding properties themselves through a process known as the ...

An Innovative Running Wheel-based Mechanism for Improved Rat Training Performance

This study presents an animal mobility system, equipped with a positioning running wheel (PRW), as a way to quantify the efficacy of an exercise activity for reducing the severity of the effects of the stroke&#160;in rats. This system provides more effective animal exercise training than commercially available systems such as treadmills and motorized running wheels (MRWs). In contrast to an MRW that can only achieve speeds below 20 m/min, rats are permitted to run at a stable speed of 30 m/min on a more spacious and high-density rubber running track supported by a 15 cm wide acrylic wheel with a diameter of 55 cm in this work. Using a predefined adaptive acceleration curve, the system not only reduces the operator error but also trains the rats to run persistently until a specified intensity is reached. As a way to evaluate the exercise effectiveness, real-time position of a rat is detected by four pairs of infrared sensors deployed on the running wheel. Once an adaptive acceleration curve is initiated using a microcontroller, the data obtained by the infrared sensors are automatically recorded and analyzed in a computer. For comparison purposes, 3 week training is conducted on rats using a treadmill, an MRW and a PRW. After surgically inducing middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo), modified neurological severity scores (mNSS) and an inclined plane test were conducted to assess the neurological damages to the rats. PRW is experimentally validated as the most effective among such animal mobility systems. Furthermore, an exercise effectiveness measure, based on rat position analysis, showed that there is a high negative correlation between the effective exercise and the infarct volume, and can be employed to quantify a rat training in any type of brain damage reduction&#160;experiments.

This study presents an innovative running wheel-based animal mobility system to quantify an effective exercise activity in rats. A rat-friendly testbed is built, using a predefined adaptive acceleration curve, and a high correlation between the effective exercise rate and the infarct volume suggests the protocol&#39;s potential for stroke prevention experiments.

为提高训练大鼠绩效的创新运行基于轮机制

This study presents an animal mobility system, equipped with a positioning running wheel (PRW), as a way to quantify the efficacy of an exercise activity ...

Assessing Working Memory in Children: The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children &#8211; Working Memory (CABC-WM)

The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children - Working Memory (CABC-WM) is a computer-based battery designed to assess different components of working memory in young school-age children. Working memory deficits have been identified in children with language-based learning disabilities, including dyslexia1,2 and language impairment3,4, but it is not clear whether these children exhibit deficits in subcomponents of working memory, such as visuospatial or phonological working memory. The CABC-WM is administered on a desktop computer with a touchscreen interface and was specifically developed to be engaging and motivating for children. Although the long-term goal of the CABC-WM is to provide individualized working memory profiles in children, the present study focuses on the initial success and utility of the CABC-WM for measuring central executive, visuospatial, phonological loop, and binding constructs in children with typical development. Immediate next steps are to administer the CABC-WM to children with specific language impairment, dyslexia, and comorbid specific language impairment and dyslexia.

Working memory predicts a significant amount of variance for a variety of cognitive tasks, including speaking, reading, and writing. However, few tools are available to assess working memory in children. We present an innovative, computer-based battery that comprehensively assesses different components of working memory in school-age children.

评估儿童工作记忆:儿童综合评估电池 - 工作记忆（CABC-WM）

The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children - Working Memory (CABC-WM) is a computer-based battery designed to assess different components of ...

Introducing Clicker Training as a Cognitive Enrichment for Laboratory Mice

Establishing new refinement strategies in laboratory animal science is a central goal in fulfilling the requirements of Directive 2010/63/EU. Previous research determined a profound impact of gentle handling protocols on the well-being of laboratory mice. By introducing clicker training to the keeping of mice, not only do we promote the amicable treatment of mice, but we also enable them to experience cognitive enrichment. Clicker training is a form of positive reinforcement training using a conditioned secondary reinforcer, the "click" sound of a clicker, which serves as a time bridge between the strengthened behavior and an upcoming reward. The effective implementation of the clicker training protocol with a cohort of 12 BALB/c inbred mice of each sex proved to be uncomplicated. The mice learned rather quickly when challenged with tasks of the clicker training protocol, and almost all trained mice overcame the challenges they were given (100% of female mice and 83% of male mice). This study has identified that clicker training for mice strongly correlates with reduced fear in the mice during human-mice interactions, as shown by reduced anxiety-related behaviors (e.g., defecation, vocalization, and urination) and fewer depression-like behaviors (e.g., floating). By developing a reliable protocol that can be easily integrated into the daily routine of the keeping of laboratory mice, the lifetime experience of welfare in the mice can be improved substantially.

The development of new refinement strategies for laboratory mice is a challenging task that contributes towards fulfilling the 3R principle. This protocol introduces clicker training as a cognitive enrichment program for laboratory mice.

引进响片训练为实验室老鼠认知富集

Establishing new refinement strategies in laboratory animal science is a central goal in fulfilling the requirements of Directive 2010/63/EU. Previous ...

Reducing State Anxiety Using Working Memory Maintenance

The purpose of this protocol is to explain how to examine the relationship between working memory processes and anxiety by combining the Sternberg Working Memory (WM) and the threat of shock paradigms. In the Sternberg WM paradigm, subjects are required to maintain a series of letters in the WM for a brief interval and respond by identifying whether the position of a given letter in the series matches a numerical prompt. In the threat of shock paradigm, subjects are exposed to alternating blocks where they are either at risk of receiving unpredictable presentations of a mild electric shock or are safe from the shock. Anxiety is probed throughout the safe and threat blocks using the acoustic startle reflex, which is potentiated under threat (Anxiety-Potentiated Startle (APS)). By conducting the Sternberg WM paradigm during the threat of shock and probing the startle response during either the WM maintenance interval or the intertrial interval, it is possible to determine the effect of WM maintenance on APS.

This protocol demonstrates how to measure anxiety-potentiated startle during the Sternberg Working Memory paradigm.

使用工作记忆维护降低状态焦虑

The purpose of this protocol is to explain how to examine the relationship between working memory processes and anxiety by combining the Sternberg Working ...

Paradigms of Lower Extremity Electrical Stimulation Training After Spinal Cord Injury

Skeletal muscle atrophy, increased adiposity and reduced physical activity are key changes observed after spinal cord injury (SCI) and are associated with numerous cardiometabolic health consequences. These changes are likely to increase the risk of developing chronic secondary conditions and impact the quality of life in persons with SCI. Surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation evoked resistance training (NMES-RT) was developed as a strategy to attenuate the process of skeletal muscle atrophy, decrease ectopic adiposity, improve insulin sensitivity and enhance mitochondrial capacity. However, NMES-RT is limited to only a single muscle group. Involving multiple muscle groups of the lower extremities may maximize the health benefits of training. Functional electrical stimulation-lower extremity cycling (FES-LEC) allows for the activation of 6 muscle groups, which is likely to evoke greater metabolic and cardiovascular adaptation. Appropriate knowledge of the stimulation parameters is key to maximizing the outcomes of electrical stimulation training in persons with SCI. Adopting strategies for long-term use of NMES-RT and FES-LEC during rehabilitation may maintain the integrity of the musculoskeletal system, a pre-requisite for clinical trials aiming to restore walking after injury. The current manuscript presents a combined protocol using NMES-RT prior to FES-LEC. We hypothesize that muscles conditioned for 12 weeks prior to cycling will be capable of generating greater power, cycle against higher resistance and result in greater adaptation in persons with SCI.

Spinal cord injury is a traumatic medical condition that may result in elevated risks of chronic secondary metabolic disorders. Here, we presented a protocol using surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation-resistance training in conjunction with functional electrical stimulation-lower extremities cycling as a strategy to ameliorate several of these medical problems.

脊髓损伤后下肢电刺激训练的模式

Skeletal muscle atrophy, increased adiposity and reduced physical activity are key changes observed after spinal cord injury (SCI) and are associated with ...