In the game N-Back, several pictures are shown, one at a time. You are asked to answer whether the current picture is the same as the one requested.
- Working memory: The ability to hold information in consciousness for adaptive use. This can include information from all sensory modalities, verbal and nonverbal ones. Working memory is conceptualized to include two separable components: maintenance of information and manipulation of information. Maintenance of information includes memory for verbal information, spatial information and other information (including emotional) across multiple sensory channels. Manipulation of information is the process of operating on information stored in working memory storage.
- Cognitive flexibility: Refers to the ability to switch between thinking about two different concepts or to think about multiple concepts simultaneously.
