Working memory training does not improve performance on measures of intelligence or other measures of “far transfer” evidence from a meta-analytic review

M Melby-Lervåg, TS Redick… - Perspectives on …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
It has been claimed that working memory training programs produce diverse beneficial
effects. This article presents a meta-analysis of working memory training studies (with a …

Persistence and fade-out of educational-intervention effects: Mechanisms and potential solutions

DH Bailey, GJ Duncan, F Cunha… - … Science in the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Some environmental influences, including intentional interventions, have shown persistent
effects on psychological characteristics and other socially important outcomes years and …

The stability of cognitive abilities: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies.

M Breit, V Scherrer, EM Tucker-Drob… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Cognitive abilities, including general intelligence and domain-specific abilities such as fluid
reasoning, comprehension knowledge, working memory capacity, and processing speed …

Raven's is not a pure measure of general intelligence: Implications for g factor theory and the brief measurement of g

GE Gignac - Intelligence, 2015 - Elsevier
It has been claimed that Raven's Progressive Matrices is a pure indicator of general
intelligence (g). Such a claim implies three observations:(1) Raven's has a remarkably high …

The role of strategy use in working memory training outcomes

D Fellman, J Jylkkä, O Waris, A Soveri… - Journal of Memory and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cognitive mechanisms underlying the limited transfer effects of working memory (WM)
training remain poorly understood. We tested in detail the Strategy Mediation hypothesis …

Working memory updating and binding training: Bayesian evidence supporting the absence of transfer.

C De Simoni, CC von Bastian - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
As working memory (WM) predicts a wide range of other abilities, it has become a popular
target for training interventions. However, its effectiveness to elicit generalized cognitive …

Personality change through a digital-coaching intervention: Using measurement invariance testing to distinguish between trait domain, facet, and nuance change

G Olaru, M Stieger, D Rüegger… - European Journal …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent intervention research has shown that personality traits can be modified through
psychological interventions. However, it is unclear whether reported effects represent …

Dynamic assessment: A case of unfulfilled potential?

JG Elliott, WCM Resing, JF Beckmann - Educational Review, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper updates a review of dynamic assessment in education by the first author,
published in this journal in 2003. It notes that the original review failed to examine the …

[HTML][HTML] Generational intelligence tests score changes in Spain: Are we asking the right question?

R Colom, LF García, PC Shih, FJ Abad - Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
Generational intelligence test score gains have been documented worldwide in the
twentieth century. However, recent evidence suggests these increased scores are coming to …

Analyzing individual differences in intervention-related changes

T Könen, J Karbach - Advances in Methods and Practices in …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Intervention studies can be expensive and time-consuming, which is why it is important to
extract as much knowledge as possible. We discuss benefits and limitations of analyzing …