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by Petrichor Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:16 pm

No Evidence of Intelligence Improvement After Working Memory Training: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study.
Redick TS, Shipstead Z, Harrison TL, Hicks KL, Fried DE, Hambrick DZ, Kane MJ, Engle RW.

Abstract
Numerous recent studies seem to provide evidence for the general intellectual benefits of working memory training. In reviews of the training literature, Shipstead, Redick, and Engle (2010, 2012) argued that the field should treat recent results with a critical eye. Many published working memory training studies suffer from design limitations (no-contact control groups, single measures of cognitive constructs), mixed results (transfer of training gains to some tasks but not others, inconsistent transfer to the same tasks across studies), and lack of theoretical grounding (identifying the mechanisms responsible for observed transfer). The current study compared young adults who received 20 sessions of practice on an adaptive dual n-back program (working memory training group) or an adaptive visual search program (active placebo-control group) with a no-contact control group that received no practice. In addition, all subjects completed pretest, midtest, and posttest sessions comprising multiple measures of fluid intelligence, multitasking, working memory capacity, crystallized intelligence, and perceptual speed. Despite improvements on both the dual n-back and visual search tasks with practice, and despite a high level of statistical power, there was no positive transfer to any of the cognitive ability tests. We discuss these results in the context of previous working memory training research and address issues for future working memory training studies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:18 pm

In my own personal, unfunded, unscientific and Randomized research I have arrived at some results.

Information is stored in the brain as collected by the five senses. the more one uses all of these the more info will be stored. Also, by repeatedly remembering these experiences neuronal path to these storage will not be lost.

by garam_kuta Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:24 am

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:In my own personal, unfunded, unscientific and Randomized research I have arrived at some results.

Information is stored in the brain as collected by the five senses. the more one uses all of these the more info will be stored. Also, by repeatedly remembering these experiences neuronal path to these storage will not be lost.

uppili - the normal human brain is a bottomless pit for storing episodic memories they say - nothing is ever erased and all can be recalled under appropriate hypnosis.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:39 am

garam_kuta wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:In my own personal, unfunded, unscientific and Randomized research I have arrived at some results.

Information is stored in the brain as collected by the five senses. the more one uses all of these the more info will be stored. Also, by repeatedly remembering these experiences neuronal path to these storage will not be lost.

uppili - the normal human brain is a bottomless pit for storing episodic memories they say - nothing is ever erased and all can be recalled under appropriate hypnosis.

Yes. of course...but I am talking about people's memory without any hypnosis or other assistance - what I call NMR System ("the natural memory retrieval System" - obviously, I just made that up.)

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