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The Effect of Visual Working Memory Training Could Transfer Across Stimuli
BACKGROUND: Working memory, as a fundamental cognitive ability, has been shown to improve with learning. However, little is known about the learning effect of visual working memory training and its generalization to other stimuli and tasks. METHODS: In the present study, we utilized a delayed match-...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6959496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32021509 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S240526 |
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author | Bi, Taiyong Wang, Xiaogang Kou, Hui Qiu, Jiang |
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description | BACKGROUND: Working memory, as a fundamental cognitive ability, has been shown to improve with learning. However, little is known about the learning effect of visual working memory training and its generalization to other stimuli and tasks. METHODS: In the present study, we utilized a delayed match-to-sample task to measure the working memory of faces and houses. Subjects were trained ten days on this task and were tested on the same task and a memory span task before and after the training. RESULTS: The results showed that training significantly increased the accuracy of visual working memory. More importantly, such a learning effect could partly transfer to a visual working memory task with different stimuli. However, the learning effect may not transfer to a memory span task. CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrate that training might influence the common processing of different stimuli in a visual working memory task. |
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spelling | pubmed-69594962020-02-04 The Effect of Visual Working Memory Training Could Transfer Across Stimuli Bi, Taiyong Wang, Xiaogang Kou, Hui Qiu, Jiang Psychol Res Behav Manag Original Research BACKGROUND: Working memory, as a fundamental cognitive ability, has been shown to improve with learning. However, little is known about the learning effect of visual working memory training and its generalization to other stimuli and tasks. METHODS: In the present study, we utilized a delayed match-to-sample task to measure the working memory of faces and houses. Subjects were trained ten days on this task and were tested on the same task and a memory span task before and after the training. RESULTS: The results showed that training significantly increased the accuracy of visual working memory. More importantly, such a learning effect could partly transfer to a visual working memory task with different stimuli. However, the learning effect may not transfer to a memory span task. CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrate that training might influence the common processing of different stimuli in a visual working memory task. Dove 2020-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6959496/ /pubmed/32021509 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S240526 Text en © 2020 Bi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Bi, Taiyong Wang, Xiaogang Kou, Hui Qiu, Jiang The Effect of Visual Working Memory Training Could Transfer Across Stimuli |
title | The Effect of Visual Working Memory Training Could Transfer Across Stimuli |
title_full | The Effect of Visual Working Memory Training Could Transfer Across Stimuli |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Visual Working Memory Training Could Transfer Across Stimuli |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Visual Working Memory Training Could Transfer Across Stimuli |
title_short | The Effect of Visual Working Memory Training Could Transfer Across Stimuli |
title_sort | effect of visual working memory training could transfer across stimuli |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6959496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32021509 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S240526 |
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