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What is Dual N-Back?
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Position Stimulus
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Sound Stimulus
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2-Back Practice
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You're Ready!

What is Dual N-Back?

Dual N-Back is the gold-standard brain-training exercise used in neuroscience research. It simultaneously challenges two channels of your working memory:

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Position

A square lights up in a 3×3 grid. You need to remember where it appeared.

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Sound

A letter is spoken aloud. You need to remember which letter you heard.

Each turn, a new position and sound are presented simultaneously. Your task is to decide whether the current position or sound matches the one from N turns ago.

What does "N" mean?

The "N" is how far back you compare. In 2-back, you compare each turn with 2 turns ago. In 3-back, you compare with 3 turns ago. The higher the N, the harder it gets!