Corsi Block Tapping

Memory Duration: ~8 minutes
Corsi Block Tapping screenshot

System Requirements

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Screen Size:
Minimum: 1024×768
Recommended: 1280×800
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Keyboard required
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Mouse required (touchpad OK)
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Audio recommended

Description

PEBL Corsi blocks test is a visual-spatial working memory test. Subjects are asked to replicate sequences of clicks onto a set of spatially-arrayed square targets.

Test Details

Test ID:
corsi
Main File:
corsi.pbl
Parameters:
10 configurable parameters
Languages:
English Croatian Portuguese

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Scientific Background

Original Task References:

These references describe the original task that this PEBL implementation is based on.

  • Corsi, P. M. (1972). Human memory and the medial temporal region of the brain. Dissertation Abstracts International, 34, 819B.

Data Output

Creates three data files: (1) corsi-detail-<subnum>.csv with columns: subnum, direction (forward/backward), type, trialnum, order (position in sequence), trialstart, itemstart, itemend, abstime, rt, posx, posy (one row per click); (2) corsi-trial-<subnum>.csv with columns: subnum, direction, type, trialnum, trialstart, length (sequence length), stim (stimulus sequence), resp (response sequence), numcorr (correct responses), nummiss (missed responses), allcorr (trial correct), time (one row per trial); (3) corsi-summary-<subnum>.csv with text summary. Pooled data saved to data/summary/corsi-forward-pooled-sum.csv (or backward) with columns: subcode, timedate, direction, numtrials, bsp (best span), score, correct, msp (mean span).

About This Test

PEBL Corsi blocks test is a visual-spatial working memory test. Subjects are asked to replicate sequences of clicks onto a set of spatially-arrayed square targets.

Category: Memory
Estimated Duration: 8 minutes
Available Translations: 3 languages

Documentation Sources:
Test description file, Test implementation, Parameter schema

Documentation Status: Standard