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Table 1 Schedule of enrollment, assessments, and interventions

From: Mechanisms of processing speed training and transfer effects across the adult lifespan: protocol of a multi-site cognitive training study

Measure

Study phase and timepoint

Pre-assessment

Pretest

Intervention

Posttest

Follow-Up

T0–P

T0–Q

T1–V1

T1–V2

T1–R

S1–S10

T2–V1

T2–V2

T3–V1

T3–V2

Enrolment

          

Eligibility screening and conditional enrolment

X

         

Informed consenta

 

X

X

       

MoCA assessment, confirmation of eligibility, and final enrolment

  

X

       

Randomization

    

X

     

Interventions

          

Active control: Simple RT

     

X

    

Experimental—low: Choice RT

     

X

    

Experimental—medium: Switching

     

X

    

Experimental—high: Dual tasking

     

X

    

Assessment of Training and Near Transfer Gains

          

Simple RT tasks (drawings, shapes, numbers)

   

X

   

X

 

X

Choice RT tasks (drawings, shapes, numbers)

   

X

   

X

 

X

Switching tasks (drawings, shapes, numbers)

   

X

   

X

 

X

Dual tasks (drawings, shapes, numbers)

   

X

   

X

 

X

Assessment of Far Transfer Gains

          

Working memory

          

 Updating

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

 Binding

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

 Continuous reproduction

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

Inhibitory control

          

 Go/no-go

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

 Number stroop

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

 Simon

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

Reasoning

          

 Matrix reasoning

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

 Paper folding

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

 Letter sets

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

Everyday cognitive functioning

          

 Cognitive Failures  Questionnaire (CFQ)

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

 Questionnaire d’Auto-évaluation de la Mémoire (QAM)

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

 Everyday Problems Test (EPT)

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

Assessment of Individual Characteristics

          

Socioeconomic background

 

X

        

Cognitive training experience and motivation

 

X

        

Computer and internet literacy

 

X

        

Self-rated physical health

 

X

        

General self-rated health

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale—21 Items (DASS-21)

 

X

        

Activities of Daily Living-Prevention Instrument (ADL-PI)

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

Leisure activities

 

X

        

Active driving

 

X

        

Big Five Inventory (BFI)

 

X

        

Short Grit Scale (Grit-S)

 

X

        

Theories of Intelligence Scale (TIS)

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale (EXSE)

 

X

        

General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)

  

X

   

X

 

X

 

Perceived training benefits

         

X

Training review

         

X

Daily factors

  

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

  1. T time, P phone screening, Q questionnaires, V visit to the laboratory, R randomization, S session, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, RT reaction time
  2. aParticipants in Sheffield will give consent online before completing the pre-assessment questionnaires, and participants in Hamburg and Montréal will give consent at their first visit to the laboratory