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working memory training  

Definition

  • A program designed to improve working memory functioning, either through repeated practice of working memory tasks or through explicit instruction in memory strategies (visual imagery, chaining, subvocal rehearsal, elaboration, etc.).

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • working memory training program

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Charest-Girard, C., & Parent, V. (2018). Entraînement de la mémoire de travail : Effets sur la performance en mathématiques. Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale, 72(2), 127‑139. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000140

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Corbin, L., & Camos, V. (2013). L’entrainement de la mémoire de travail et les apprentissages scolaires. ANAE - Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l’Enfant, 123, 113‑119.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Dentz, A., Parent, V., Gauthier, B., Guay, M.-C., & Romo, L. (2016). L’entraînement de la mémoire de travail par le programme Cogmed et le TDAH. Psychologie Française, 61(2), 139‑151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psfr.2015.06.002

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Hou, J., Jiang, T., Fu, J., Su, B., Wu, H., Sun, R., & Zhang, T. (2020). The long-term efficacy of working memory training in healthy older adults : A systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 randomized controlled trials. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75(8), e174‑e188. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa077

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: free

  • • Novick, J. M., Bunting, M. F., Dougherty, M. R., & Engle, R. W. (Eds.). (2019). Cognitive and working memory training: Perspectives from psychology, neuroscience, and human development. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199974467.001.0001

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Redick, T. S. (2019). The hype cycle of working memory training. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 0963721419848668. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419848668

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Rivard, C., Dentz, A., Romo, L., Parent, V., Guay, M. C., & Gauthier, B. (2020). Suivi à long terme des effets d’un entraînement de la mémoire de travail (Cogmed) auprès d’enfants présentant un TDA/H. Neuropsychiatrie de l’Enfance et de l’Adolescence, 68(1), 29‑38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2019.11.001

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Rodas, J. A., Asimakopoulou, A. A., & Greene, C. M. (2024). Can we enhance working memory? Bias and effectiveness in cognitive training studies. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 31(5), 1891–1914. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02466-8

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: open

  • • Sala, G., & Gobet, F. (2020). Working memory training in typically developing children : A multilevel meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 27(3), 423‑434. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-019-01681-y

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: open

  • • Vernucci, S., Canet Juric, L., Introzzi, I., & Richard’s, M. M. (2019). Working memory training in children: A review of basic methodological criteria. Psychological Reports, 0033294119832978. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294119832978

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Villemonteix, T. (2018). L’entraînement de la mémoire de travail est-il bénéfique pour les enfants présentant un trouble déficit de l’attention/hyperactivité ? Neuropsychiatrie de l’Enfance et de l’Adolescence, 66(1), 3‑12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2017.07.003

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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