Working memory training: from metaphors to models

S Morra, E Borella - Frontiers in psychology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
A first research wave on working memory (WM) training created an atmosphere of novelty
and enthusiasm. Studies carried out with typical or atypical participants in different age …

How strong is the evidence for the effectiveness of working memory training

CC von Bastian, S Guye, C De Simoni… - … and working memory …, 2019 - books.google.com
The potential of working memory (WM) training to enhance cognitive abilities has been
attracting strong academic and public interest. The effectiveness of WM training in terms of …

Does working memory training work? The promise and challenges of enhancing cognition by training working memory

AB Morrison, JM Chein - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2011 - Springer
A growing body of literature shows that one's working memory (WM) capacity can be
expanded through targeted training. Given the established relationship between WM and …

Working memory training

T Könen, T Strobach, J Karbach - … training: An overview of features and …, 2021 - Springer
Working memory (WM) is a limited capacity system which is responsible for simultaneously
maintaining and processing information. Reliable individual differences in this capacity …

Effects and mechanisms of working memory training: a review

CC Von Bastian, K Oberauer - Psychological research, 2014 - Springer
Can cognitive abilities such as reasoning be improved through working memory training?
This question is still highly controversial, with prior studies providing contradictory findings …

Is working memory training effective?

Z Shipstead, TS Redick, RW Engle - Psychological bulletin, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Working memory (WM) is a cognitive system that strongly relates to a person's ability to
reason with novel information and direct attention to goal-relevant information. Due to the …

How is working memory training likely to influence academic performance? Current evidence and methodological considerations

S Bergman Nutley, S Söderqvist - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Working memory (WM) is one of our core cognitive functions, allowing us to keep information
in mind for shorter periods of time and then work with this information. It is the gateway that …

The hype cycle of working memory training

TS Redick - Current directions in psychological science, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Seventeen years and hundreds of studies after the first journal article on working memory
training was published, evidence for the efficacy of working memory training is still wanting …

The pursuit of effective working memory training: a pre-registered randomised controlled trial with a novel varied training protocol

L Ritakallio, D Fellman, J Jylkkä, O Waris… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2021 - Springer
Working memory (WM) training, typically entailing repetitive practice with one or two tasks,
has mostly yielded only limited task-specific transfer effects. We developed and tested a new …

Working memory

T Könen, T Strobach, J Karbach - … training: An overview of features and …, 2016 - Springer
Working memory (WM) is a limited capacity system which is responsible for simultaneously
maintaining and processing information. Reliable individual differences in this capacity …