Hi everyone -
I think two things can be true here...
1) That given a choice between trying to learn and have novel and challenging
cognitive (and physical) experiences for as long as health permits, and going
into a more static/habitual life as we age, it's probably a good idea to bet on
the former and do it.
2) That some are making a racket out of this and will continue to do so. (Can
you say "Luminosity?" I knew you could.)
hope the term is going well for all....
Nancy Melucci
LBCC
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From: Annette Taylor <[email protected]>
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Oct 28, 2014 8:03 am
Subject: RE:[tips] Do "Brain Games" "Exercise" You Brain And Postpone Dementia?
I get the digest so I didn't want to go to great trouble to trim out and only
leave the target posting, so I apologize for that.
I only want to draw attention to this article in the latest issue of
Making Working Memory Work: A Meta-Analysis of Executive-Control and Working
Memory Training in Older Adults
Julia Karbach and Paul Verhaeghen
The online version of this article can be found at:
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614548725
Psychological Science
published online 8 October 2014
Here is the abstract:
This meta-analysis examined the effects of process-based executive-function and
working memory training (49 articles, 61 independent samples) in older adults
(> 60 years). The interventions resulted in significant effects on performance
on the trained task and near-transfer tasks; significant results were obtained
for the net pretest-to-posttest gain relative to active and passive control
groups and for the net effect at posttest relative to active and passive
control groups. Fartransfer effects were smaller than near-transfer effects but
were significant for the net pretest-to-posttest gain relative to passive
control groups and for the net gain at posttest relative to both active and
passive control groups. We detected marginally significant differences in
training-induced improvements between working memory and executive-function
training, but no differences between the training-induced improvements observed
in older adults and younger adults, between the benefits associated with
adaptive and nonadaptive training, or between the effects in active and passive
control conditions. Gains did not vary with total training time.
I thought, as Mike as noted, that the consensus of psychological scientists was
that such brain game training is bogus. However, this article suggests
otherwise, at least in terms of specific processes such as working memory.
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Professor, Psychological Sciences
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
[email protected]
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