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Table 4 Cognitive training exercises

From: Feasibility of a combined aerobic and cognitive training intervention on cognitive function in cancer survivors: a pilot investigation

Number

Exercise

Trained functions

Description

1

Parking

Working memory

Visio-spatial memory

Adaptation and classic visuo-spatial span task

2

Car driving

Processing speed

Divided attention

Selective Attention

Vigilance

Two simultaneous biconditional discrimination (S-R) tasks with a vigilance task

3

Smart driving

Processing speed

Selective Attention

Attentional Flexibility

Useful field of view

Divided attention

Vigilance

Derived from ACTIVE trial; with UFOV program

4

The policeman

Working memory

Verbal processing Speed

Standard n-back task with adaptable time limit

5

Brain twister

Processing speed

Cognitive control

Attentional flexibility

Stroop-like based on cue and response conflict and attentional set-shift paradigm

6

The pilot

Divided attention

Temporal perception

Arithmetic

Dual monitoring task

7

Stock exchange

Processing speed

Divided attention

Working memory

Two simultaneous n-back tasks: one audio-verbal and the other visuo-spatial