Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory

By Susanne M. Jaeggi, Martin Buschkuehl, John Jonides, Walter J. Perrig. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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A theoretical framework for the study of adult cognitive plasticity. (2010, positive): “For example, one of the most impressive pieces of evidence for improvements in processing efficiency to date comes from a study by Jaeggi et al. (2008).”
Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering (2013, background): “…assumption that mental aptitude is largely fixed across the life span, recent work has indicated that extensive practice on tests of WMC can generalize to improvements in IQ (Jaeggi et al., 2008) and that IQ can either improve or deteriorate throughout adolescence (Ramsden et al., 2011).”
Can emotional intelligence be trained? A meta-analytical investigation (2019, background): “For example, working memory can be enhanced through training (Au et al., 2015), as can GRE scores (e.g., Mrazek, Franklin, Phillips, Baird, & Schooler, 2013) and standard IQ measures (Nisbett et al., 2012).”
Improving children's working memory and classroom performance (2010, neutral): “…have suggested that although performance on trained cognitive tasks can increase dramatically, transfer of this to other tasks or domains is rare (e.g. Chase & Ericsson, 1981; Ericsson & Delaney, 1998; Healey, Wohldmann, Sutton, & Bourne, 2006; Jaeggi et al., 2008; Singley & Anderson, 1989).”
Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory: a meta-analysis (2014, neutral): “The idea is to keep the participant's WM system perpetually engaged at its limit, thereby stimulating an increase in WM function, which may then translate into more general improvements in tasks that rely on the integrity of WM skills, such as Gf (Jaeggi et al., 2008).”
Defining features versus incidental correlates of Type 1 and Type 2 processing (2012, background): “That the antisaccade task has very little to do with memory is an indication of why investigators have reconceptualized the individual difference variables that working memory tasks are tapping (Jaeggi et al. 2008; Marcovitch et al. 2010).”
Trait and State Differences in Working Memory Capacity (2010, positive): “WMC can be temporarily increased as the effect of extensive training and practice, mimicked by practice-related changes in brain activation (Jaeggi et al., 2007; 2008; Olesen, Westerberg, & Klingberg , 2003).”
Working memory training does not improve intelligence in healthy young adults (2012, methodology): “In the original study, there were no significant improvements in the 8-day condition but significant changes were detected in the 17-day and 19-day conditions; therefore the researchers claimed that improvement was dosage-related—more training led to more gains (Jaeggi et al., 2008).”
Training working memory: Limits of transfer (2013, methodology): “For example, in studies by Jaeggi et al. (2008, 2011), participants trained only on an adaptive version of the n-back task.”
The Neuroscience of Intelligence (2016, background): “Another extraordinary claim about increasing intelligence was published as the cover article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) (Jaeggi et al., 2008).”
Does working memory training work? The promise and challenges of enhancing cognition by training working memory (2011, positive): “The idea that training can effectively expand this central workspace of the mind has generated considerable interest, and has fueled speculations that the cognitive benefits of WM training may be far reaching (Jaeggi, Buschkuehl, Jonides, & Perrig, 2008).”
Improved probabilistic inference as a general learning mechanism with action video games (2010, background): “Second, these areas are likely to be under the inﬂuence of shared fronto-parietal networks, providing a common source for performance improvements, a view supported by the impact of working memory training in cognitive improvements [44–46].”
Short- and long-term benefits of cognitive training (2011, positive): “Our goal in this study was to adaptWM training interventions that have been found effective for adults (17, 18) to train children’s WM skills with the aim of also improving their general cognitive abilities.”