To Switch or Not to Switch: Role of Cognitive Control in Working Memory Training in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: It is currently not known what are the best working memory training strategies to offset the age-related declines in fluid cognitive abilities. In this randomized clinical double-blind trial, older adults were randomly assigned to one of two types of working memory training - one group was trained on a predictable memory updating task (PT) and another group was trained on a novel, unpredictable memory updating task (UT). Unpredictable memory updating, compared to predictable, requires greater demands on cognitive control (Basak and Verhaeghen, 2011a). Therefore, the current study allowed us to evaluate the role of cognitive control in working memory training. All participants were assessed on a set of near and far transfer tasks at three different testing sessions - before training, immedi

SUBMITTER: Basak C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4774648 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature