Cognitive Priming and Cognitive Training: Immediate and Far Transfer to Academic Skills in Children.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive operations are supported by dynamically reconfiguring neural systems that integrate processing components widely distributed throughout the brain. The inter-neuronal connections that constitute these systems are powerfully shaped by environmental input. We evaluated the ability of computer-presented brain training games done in school to harness this neuroplastic potential and improve learning in an overall study sample of 583 second-grade children. Doing a 5-minute brain-training game immediately before math or reading curricular content games increased performance on the curricular content games. Doing three 20-minute brain training sessions per week for four months increased gains on school-administered math and reading achievement tests compared to control classes tested at t

SUBMITTER: Wexler BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5018694 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature