No Effect of Commercial Cognitive Training on Brain Activity, Choice Behavior, or Cognitive Performance.

ABSTRACT: Increased preference for immediate over delayed rewards and for risky over certain rewards has been associated with unhealthy behavioral choices. Motivated by evidence that enhanced cognitive control can shift choice behavior away from immediate and risky rewards, we tested whether training executive cognitive function could influence choice behavior and brain responses. In this randomized controlled trial, 128 young adults (71 male, 57 female) participated in 10 weeks of training with either a commercial web-based cognitive training program or web-based video games that do not specifically target executive function or adapt the level of difficulty throughout training. Pretraining and post-training, participants completed cognitive assessments and functional magnetic resonance imaging duri

SUBMITTER: Kable JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5546110 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature