Sternberg Working Memory Task [30120]

This article applies to:

E-Prime 3.0

Detail

Experiment Author: Psychology Software Tools, Inc.

The Sternberg Working Memory Task studies how participants store and retrieve items from short-term memory.

Abstract

In this task, participants are asked to memorize letters and ignore others. Then, a list of letters is presented to participants that contains a mix of primed letters and distractor letters. Participants have to indicate if the letter was one they were told to memorize.

NOTE: This is structured to be easily integrated with EEG or fMRI devices with only minor changes necessary.

Watch the following video to see how this task was made: Sternberg Working Memory Task.