Training and transfer effects of working memory updating training in male abstinent long-term methamphetamine users

This study analyzed the potential transfer effects on reading comprehension skills of two different training programs administered to 9- to 10-year-old children attending fourth grade classes. One training program was based on a working memory updating paradigm (i.e., words, digits, sentence and text updating working memory tasks). The other program was based on metacomprehension activities focused on text structures, genres, text sensitivity, and text comprehension strategies. Performance was compared pre and post training on running memory, text updating, and reading comprehension tasks. The results showed that significant gains were obtained in both text updating and reading comprehension tasks, with a far transfer effect for both types of training. Limited nearest transfer effects suggest that gains could be due to acquisition of effective strategies in both programs, with training suitable for improving written text processing; however, performance did not differ between programs.

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Nearest transfer effects of working memory training: A comparison of two programs focused on working memory updating

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0211321 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. e0211321 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Rocío Linares ◽

Erika Borella ◽

Mª Teresa Lechuga ◽

Barbara Carretti ◽

Santiago Pelegrina

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Working Memory Training ◽

Memory Training ◽

Transfer Effects ◽

Memory Updating ◽

Working Memory Updating

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Long-term memory effects on working memory updating development

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0217697 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (5) ◽

pp. e0217697 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Caterina Artuso ◽

Paola Palladino

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Memory Effects ◽

Long Term Memory ◽

Memory Updating ◽

Term Memory ◽

Working Memory Updating

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Are training and transfer effects of working memory updating training modulated by achievement motivation?

Memory & Cognition ◽

10.3758/s13421-017-0773-5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 398-409 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Xin Zhao ◽

Yiwenjie Xu ◽

Junjun Fu ◽

Joseph H. R. Maes

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Achievement Motivation ◽

Transfer Effects ◽

Memory Updating ◽

Working Memory Updating

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Transfer of working memory training to the inhibitory control of auditory distraction

Psychological Research ◽

10.1007/s00426-020-01468-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Florian Kattner

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Executive Functions ◽

Inhibitory Control ◽

Fluid Intelligence ◽

Working Memory Training ◽

Memory Training ◽

Transfer Effects ◽

Memory Updating ◽

Working Memory Updating ◽

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AbstractExtended working memory training with the dual n-back task has been shown to improve performance on various untrained cognitive tasks, but previous findings were inconsistent with regard to the extent of such transfer. The dual n-back training task addresses multiple components of working memory as sequential information from two different stimulus modalities needs to be simultaneously encoded, maintained, continuously monitored and updated in working memory while irrelevant information needs to be inhibited. However, it is unclear which executive functions account for the observed transfer effects. In this study, the degree of inhibitory control required during training was manipulated by comparing two versions of the dual n-back task in which participants are asked to either respond or withhold a response on the less frequent trials when an item was identical to an item n trials back. Eight 80-min sessions of training with adaptive versions of both n-back tasks were shown to improve working memory updating. Moreover, in contrast to the standard n-back task, training on the inhibitory n-back task was found to reduce the interference in working memory produced by task-irrelevant speech. This result suggests that enhanced demand for inhibitory control during training enables transfer to the inhibition of distractor interference, whereas the standard n-back task primarily affects working memory updating. The training effects did not transfer to the inhibition of spatially incompatible responses in a Simon task, and it yielded no far transfer effects to untrained executive functions or measures of fluid intelligence.

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