Is the link from working memory to analogy causal? No analogy improvements following working memory training gains.

ABSTRACT: Analogical reasoning has been hypothesized to critically depend upon working memory through correlational data, but less work has tested this relationship through experimental manipulation. An opportunity for examining the connection between working memory and analogical reasoning has emerged from the growing, although somewhat controversial, body of literature suggests complex working memory training can sometimes lead to working memory improvements that transfer to novel working memory tasks. This study investigated whether working memory improvements, if replicated, would increase analogical reasoning ability. We assessed participants' performance on verbal and visual analogy tasks after a complex working memory training program incorporating verbal and spatial tasks. Participants' impr

SUBMITTER: Richey JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4154731 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature