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Chunk #18 — 2. Methods — 2.1. Sample and Measures

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Association of Polygenic Liability for Alcohol Dependence and EEG Connectivity in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.
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Computerized versions of the Tower of London test (TOLT) and the visual span test (VST) were administered using the Colorado Assessment Tests for cognitive and neuropsychological assessment [51]. The TOLT assesses planning and problem-solving ability [52], and the VST assesses visuospatial memory span and working memory. Both tasks have been detailed in previous work [53]. Briefly, in the TOLT, participants were required to plan a sequence of moves to go from the starting position of a set of colored beads to a goal position in as few moves as possible and execute the moves one-by-one with the following constraints: only one bead at a time may be moved off a peg; and beads may not be left off pegs. The test comprised of three 2-move, and six each of 3-, 4-, and 5-move problems for a total of 21 problems. TOLT performance (number of trials completed with optimal performance) and speed (average trial time) were analyzed. In the VST, participants were presented with eight boxes illuminated on a screen in specific sequences and were asked to designate the sequence (which