Insa Schaffernak
Insa Schaffernak is a doctoral student at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg where she conducts research as part of the project PSY-A-EYE, aiming to improve working and care conditions in the medical system on the basis of psychological mechanisms such as the interaction between humans and AI. She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from University of Freiburg where she also obtained her bachelor’s degree (B. Sc.) in Psychology.
Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
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Session
The n-back task is a standard measure for “working memory”, yet versions differ in stimuli, trial structure, and scoring methods among other features - differences that can threaten construct validity, reduce comparability of results, and complicate evidence synthesis.
We are presenting a preregistered meta-methods study to map how procedures and scoring of the n-back task are implemented and reported across studies. So-called meta-methods studies systematically document differences in implementation and reporting of specific paradigms.
We will search databases for English-language adult studies published between 2005 and 2025, which utilize a single n-back task. We will randomly sample 100 eligible articles for double-coded extraction. We will summarize (a) the diversity of procedural and scoring variants and (b) how often key details are indeterminable from reports. Outputs include an open codebook and reporting recommendations. We welcome audience feedback on translating findings into usable standards.