Practice effects on the modified Concept Shifting Task (mCST): A convenient assessment for treatment effects on prefrontal cognitive function

Table 1 The methodological details of the five studies reported in the current article.

Study no.Country Year	N Males % male	Participants Age M ± SD	Task administration mode	Randomisation of trials	Task instruction	Data scoring method
1 Australia 2005	8 6M 75%	Students/ Staff 39 ± 15	Paper	Pseudo-random	verbal	Real time- stop watch/video-recording
2 Germany 2009	15 9M 60%	Students 21 ± 1	Paper	Pseudo-random	verbal/written	Real time- stop watch
3 Germany 2009	9 3M 33%	Students 21 ± 3	Paper	Pseudo-random	verbal/written	Real time- stop watch
4 Germany 2010	16 5M 31%	Students 20 ± 1	Electronic	Fully-random	written	Computerised
5 Germany 2010	6 1M 17%	Students 20 ± 1	Electronic	Fully-random	written	Computerised

Note. All data collection was done in the English language (in Germany the study was conducted at an English-speaking Jacobs University Bremen).