For this test you will be asked to remember the colors of words that are briefly presented on the computer screen. After several have been presented you will be asked to write down the first letter of each color in order on the answer sheet. The next few screens will explain this procedure in more detail. (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen)

red green yellow (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen) Imagine each square below is a screen that is presented for one second, followed by the next screen, and so on... 1 2 3 red green yellow Your job is to try to remember the color of the letters for each word you see. For this example, you would be remembering “blue, yellow, red”. Note that you should not read the word, you should only remember the color of the letters. (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen)

red yellow green RECALL 1 2 3 4 After a set of words are presented you will see a screen with the word RECALL in white capital letters. This screen is instructing you to write down the colors you have been remembering. 1 2 3 4 red yellow green RECALL When you see the word RECALL on the screen, you will write the first letter of each color that you are remembering, in order. So, for the above example you would write B, Y, R on the answer sheet with one letter in each box. This example is already written on your answer sheet (Example 1). If you would like to go through the instructions again, ask the experimenter. If you want to continue on to the practice, press the space bar on the keyboard.

(Press the space bar to continue to the next screen) There are seven boxes next to each number. This is because up to seven words can be presented before you have to recall them. There will be somewhere between 2 and 7 words for each RECALL set. Each recall set is called a trial. You are now going to complete a few example trials. The first example you are going to complete is Example 2 on the answer sheet. Remember, you have to remember the color of each word you see, do not read the word. When you see the word RECALL, you should write down the first letter of each color you have been remembering in order. (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen)

Please tap the space bar to begin the presentation of the first example. (Do not hold down the space bar, just tap it)

Example 2

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RECALL (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen) The next screen shows the answer (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen)

The answer for this trial is: G Example 2 Press the space bar to do the next example trial...

Example 3

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RECALL (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen) The next screen shows the answer (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen)

The answer for this trial is: Y G R Example 3 Press the space bar to do the next example trial...

Example 4

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RECALL The next screen shows the answer (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen)

The answer is to this trial is: B G Y R Example 4 The next screen has some final instructions before you begin… (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen)

(Press the space bar to continue to the next screen) You are almost ready to begin. This test will take about ten minutes to complete. Easy and difficult trials will be mixed together throughout the test. Please try to do your best on each trial. It is important that you do not begin writing until you see the word RECALL on the screen. You cannot rehearse the colors of the words out loud, you must rehearse them silently. You should not stop once you begin, so if you have any questions ask the experimenter now. After you write your answer for a trial, press the space bar to start the next trial. (Press the space bar to continue to the next screen)

Please tell the experimenter that you are ready to begin.

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