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Table 2 Studies from the BrainMap database for the 5 executive functioning tasks reported in the included publications

From: A meta-analysis on neural changes of cognitive training for mental disorders in executive function tasks: increase or decrease brain activation?

Tasks

Papers

Subjects

Experiments

Locations

1. N-back

45

748

153

1282

2. Reasoning/Problem Solving

45

1158

207

1607

3. Task switching

45

927

166

1332

4. Go/No-Go

45

951

149

1577

5. Visuospatial attention

45

519

111

1303

  1. Note. 45 papers were used per analysis is because it is the lowest common number of papers among the 5 tasks