Conventional working memory training may not improve intelligence

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 582-583

  Slagter, Heleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL LEARNING; WORKING MEMORIES;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

AROUSAL; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; REWARD; SHORT SURVEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; WORKING MEMORY;

HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84869503225     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.10.001     Document Type: Short Survey

References (10)

1. Klingberg T. Training and plasticity of working memory. Trends Cogn. Sci. 2010, 14:317-324.
2. Jaeggi S.M., et al. Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2008, 105:6829-6833.
3. Jensen R. How much can we boost IQ and scholastic achievement. Harv. Educ. Rev. 1969, 39:1-123.
4. Sternberg R.J. Increasing fluid intelligence is possible after all. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2008, 105:6791-6792.
5. Shipstead Z., et al. Is working memory training effective?. Psychol. Bull. 2012, 138:628-654.
6. Morrison A.B., Chein J.M. Does working memory training work? The promise and challenges of enhancing cognition by training working memory. Psychon. Bull. Rev. 2011, 18:46-60.
7. Redick T.S., et al. No evidence of intelligence improvement after working memory training: a randomized, placebo-controlled study. J. Exp. Psychol. Gen. 2012, 10.1037/a0029082.
8. Green C.S., Bavelier D. Exercising your brain: a review of human brain plasticity and training-induced learning. Psychol. Aging 2008, 23:692-701.
9. Schmidt R.A., Bjork R.A. New conceptualizations of practice: Common principles in three paradigms suggest new concepts for training. Psychol. Sci. 1992, 3:207-217.
10. Slagter H.A., et al. Mental training as a tool in the neuroscientific study of brain and cognitive plasticity. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 2011, 5:17.