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Table 3 Main study behavioral tasks and fMRI session sequence

From: Michigan Neural Distinctiveness (MiND) study protocol: investigating the scope, causes, and consequences of age-related neural dedifferentiation

Session

Measure

Domain

Approx. Time (min)

1 – Behavior Only

MoCA

Cognitive Screening Tool

10

VPA_1

Episodic Memory

9

Faces in Noise

Visual

2

Auditory Threshold

Auditory Screening Tool

7

Sentences in Noise

Auditory

7

Objects in Noise

Visual

2

Symbol Search

Processing Speed

4

VPA_2

Episodic Memory

3

Coding

Processing Speed

3

Buildings in Noise

Visual

2

Purdue Pegboard 1

Motor

5

Digits in Noise

Auditory

4

Purdue Pegboard 2

Motor

3

Scenes in Noise

Visual

2

Break

 

5

NIH Words-In-Noise Test

Auditory

6

NIH Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test

Executive Function

3

NIH List Sorting Working Memory Test

Working Memory

9

NIH Dimensional Change Card Sort Test

Executive Function

5

NIH Pattern Comparison Processing Speed Test

Processing Speed

3

NIH Picture Sequence Memory Test

Episodic Memory

6

NIH Picture Vocabulary Test

Crystallized Intelligence

3

NIH Oral Reading Recognition Test

Crystallized Intelligence

3

NIH 9-Hole Pegboard Dexterity Test

Motor

6

NIH Grip Strength Test

Motor

3

2 – Behavior + fMRI

RBMT Story 1

Episodic Memory

2

Static Detection Threshold

Right Hand

Tactile

3

Dynamic Threshold

Right Hand

Tactile

3

Dynamic Threshold

Intra-hemispheric Conditioning

Tactile

5

Dynamic Threshold

Inter-hemispheric Conditioning

Tactile

5

NIH Visual Acuity Test

Visual

2

RBMT Story 2

Episodic Memory

2

Functional Tactile Object Recognition

Tactile

5

NIH 2-Minute Walk Endurance Test

Motor

6

fMRI Task Preview

 

10

fMRI

 

50