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The 1-Back part indicates how many trials back you're being asked to remember to decide whether that trial's position or letter match the current position or letter.

The Dual part of the name of this game mode, Dual 1-Back, comes from the fact that you are remembering two different stimuli - the square's position, and the letter played through the speakers.

#THE N GAME DOWNLOAD TRIAL#

Press L (letter match) if the LETTER you hear is the SAME it was 1 trial back (i.e., you hear the same letter twice in a row).Press A (position match) if the POSITION of the blue square is the SAME as it was 1 trial back (i.e., the square appears in the same position twice in a row).If you don't hear any sound, make sure your speakers are not muted. You will see a blue square appear every 3 seconds accompanied by the sound of a letter. Each session is about 1 minute in duration. Press Space to begin a Dual 1-Back session.(Note: on Mac, to press F1 you need to hold the Fn key, i.e. Press F1 to decrease the N-back level to 1.It's best to begin with Dual 1-Back, the simplest mode. If you've never tried Dual N-Back before, here's a quick tutorial to get you started. This Wired article has a good summary of its benefits. Dual N-Back exercise featured in Brain Workshop was the subject of an April 2008 peer-reviewed scientific study which shows that practicing the Dual N-Back task for 20 minutes 4-5 days per week will improve your working memory (short term memory) and fluid intelligence.

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