The effectiveness of working memory training – points to consider for future research

• Authors: Rafal Szewczyk

Abstracts

EN

Working memory training (WMT) has recently become one of the most debated issues in the field of cognitive psychology. Since working memory (WM) is considered a strong correlate of IQ, numerous researchers have been trying to increase the latter by training the former. Proven effectiveness of working memory training could lead to its application in the therapy of many cognitive impairments. WMT could be also used as a tool of improving cognitive functioning of healthy subjects. However, almost every publication claiming to provide evidence for achieving one of above mentioned objectives has been criticised, mostly because of methodological shortcomings. The aim of my presentation is to extract potential sources of inconsistencies existing between the authors of meta-analysis and reviews of WMT research. For this reason I take a closer look at results and conclusions of several meta-analysis and reviews. As a result I point few indications that should be taken into consideration in future studies on WMT effectiveness.

Keywords

EN

working memory training; effectiveness of WMT; working memory capacity; near- and far-transfer

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43-50

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Rafal Szewczyk

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Filozoficzny, Instytut Psychologii, Zakład Psychologii Eksperymentalnej, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków

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10.1515/ppb-2016-0005

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