The Malleability of Working Memory and Visuospatial Skills: A Randomized Controlled Study in Older Adults
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F13%3A10144212" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/13:10144212 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0034913" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0034913</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0034913" target="_blank" >10.1037/a0034913</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Malleability of Working Memory and Visuospatial Skills: A Randomized Controlled Study in Older Adults
Original language description
There is accumulating evidence that training on working memory (WM) generalizes to other nontrained domains, and there are reports of transfer effects extending as far as to measures of fluid intelligence. Although there have been several demonstrationsof such transfer effects in young adults and children, they have been difficult to demonstrate in older adults. In this study, we investigated the generalizing effects of an adaptive WM intervention on nontrained measures of WM and visuospatial skills. We randomly assigned healthy older adults to train on a verbal n-back task over the course of a month for either 10 or 20 sessions. Their performance change was compared with that of a control group. Our results revealed reliable group effects in nontrained standard clinical measures of WM and visuospatial skills in that both training groups outperformed the control group. We also observed a dose-response effect, that is, a positive relationship between training frequency and the gain in
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AN - Psychology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Developmental Psychology [online]
ISSN
1939-0599
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Volume of the periodical
50
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1049-59
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