Training working memory: Limits of transfer |
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| Authors: | Amber M. Sprenger Sharona M. Atkins Donald J. Bolger J. Isaiah Harbison Jared M. Novick Jeffrey S. Chrabaszcz Scott A. Weems Vanessa Smith Steven Bobb Michael F. Bunting Michael R. Dougherty |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, USA;2. Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland, USA;3. Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, USA |
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| Abstract: | In two experiments (totaling 253 adult participants), we examined the extent to which intensive working memory training led to improvements on untrained measures of cognitive ability. Although participants showed improvement on the trained task and on tasks that either shared task characteristics or stimuli, we found no evidence that training led to general improvements in working memory. Using Bayes Factor analysis, we show that the data generally support the hypothesis that working memory training was ineffective at improving general cognitive ability. This conclusion held even after controlling for a number of individual differences, including need for cognition, beliefs in the malleability of intelligence, and age. |
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| Keywords: | Working memory training Fluid intelligence Inhibition Verbal abilities |
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