___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Cognitive Demand Battery (CDB)* *Batch Script - runs German Instruction scripts* ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 06-04-2024 last updated: 06-04-2024 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 06-04-2024 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements Millisecond Software's version of the Cognitive Demand Battery (CDB) by Kennedy et al (2008). The CDB runs : Serial 3s and Serial 7s subtraction tasks, a Rapid Visual Information Processing (RVIP) task and a ‘mental fatigue’ Visual Analog Scale. All tasks can be run with the mouse or touch input. Reference: ///Cognitive Demand Battery (CDB): Kennedy, D. O., Haskell, C. F., Robertson, B., Reay, J., Brewster-Maund, C., Luedemann, J., Maggini, S., Ruf, M., Zangara, A., & Scholey, A. B. (2008). Improved cognitive performance and mental fatigue following a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement with added guaraná ( Paullinia cupana). Appetite, 50(2), 506–513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2007.10.007 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 10 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This batch script automatically calls / file = "cdb_serial7_mi.iqjs" / file = "cdb_serial3_mi.iqjs" / file = "cdb_rvip_mi.iqjs" / file = "cdb_vas.iqjs" in sequence