Executive Function1–2 minBurden: LowEMA: High

Go/No-Go

A response inhibition task where participants respond to frequent targets and withhold responses to non-targets.

Inhibitory controlSustained attention
Category
Executive Function
Typical duration
1–2 min
Participant burden
Low
EMA suitability
High

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Task parameters

0.75 = 75% go trials

1–2 minBurden: LowEMA: High

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Go/No-Go

A response inhibition task where participants respond to frequent targets and withhold responses to non-targets.

No data is recorded

Participant experience on smartphone

Single central stimulus with a tap response on go trials and withholding on no-go trials.

When to use

Useful when studies need motor inhibition and response-control measurement with very low interaction complexity.

When not to use

Not ideal if the researcher wants richer rule complexity or broader executive sampling from one task.

How to use in a study

Keep the rule simple and make go trials more frequent than no-go trials.

Researcher-configurable parameters

  • Total trials
  • Go / no-go ratio
  • Stimulus duration
  • Interstimulus interval
  • Practice enabled / disabled

Outputs collected

  • Commission errors
  • Omission errors
  • Median go reaction time
  • Reaction time variability

Interpretation notes

Good for repeated use but still sensitive to boredom and random responding if task runs too long.

Scientific evidence

  • Go/No-Go paradigms are highly feasible on smartphones because they use one simple rule and minimal interface complexity.

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