Review of the Neural Processes of Working Memory Training: Controlling the Impulse to Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater

Review of the Neural Processes of Working Memory Training: Controlling the Impulse to Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater

BackgroundSmartphone technology has enabled the creation of many working memory training (WMT) Apps, with those peer-reviewed described in a recent review. WMT claims to improve working memory, attention deficits, hyperactivity and fluid intelligence, in line with plasticity brain changes. Critics a...

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Main Authors: Samantha J. Brooks, Rhiannon Mackenzie-Phelan, Jamie Tully, Helgi B. Schiöth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
working memory training
neuroplasticity
n-back
CogMed
frontoparietal
striatal
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.512761/full

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