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TASK
delayed nonmatch to sample task
A task in which an target is presented and then removed from view. This target must be maintained in working memory for a delay, after which it is presented with non-target(s). The participant's task is to identify the non-target.

Synonyms: DNMS task, delayed nonmatching to sample task
Definition contributed by RPoldrack about three weeks ago.


Task records: 5  

declarative memory
  • Please add a contrast
 

memory decay
  • delay minus no delay
 

working memory
  • delay
 
  • delay minus no delay
 
  • delay minus no delay
 


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Definition contributed by ALenartowicz about two years ago:

A task in which an target is presented and then removed from view. This target must be maintained in working memory for a delay, after which it is presented with non-target(s). The participant's task is to identify the non-target.

View Term Event Log
Neuronal activity in the hippocampus during delayed non-match to sample performance in rats: evidence for hippocampal processing in recognition memory.
Otto T, Eichenbaum H
Hippocampus (Hippocampus)
1992 Jul
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A large-scale neurocomputational model of task-oriented behavior selection and working memory in prefrontal cortex.
Chadderdon GL, Sporns O
Journal of cognitive neuroscience (J Cogn Neurosci)
2006 Feb
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