The effects of working memory training in children revealed by behavioral responses and ERP

Xu, Jie; Deng, Meiqi; Nan, Wenya; Cai, Dongdong

doi:10.1002/brb3.2310

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“…Our results show that audiovisual working memory training induces a higher amplitude for P300, consistent with the previous findings on working memory training in a single modality [17,20,41]. P300 is a well-established index that reflects working memory updates [20,23].…”

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Audiovisual n-Back Training Alters the Neural Processes of Working Memory and Audiovisual Integration: Evidence of Changes in ERPs

Yang

Lin

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Brain Sciences

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(1) Background: This study investigates whether audiovisual n-back training leads to training effects on working memory and transfer effects on perceptual processing. (2) Methods: Before and after training, the participants were tested using the audiovisual n-back task (1-, 2-, or 3-back), to detect training effects, and the audiovisual discrimination task, to detect transfer effects. (3) Results: For the training effect, the behavioral results show that training leads to greater accuracy and faster response times. Stronger training gains in accuracy and response time using 3- and 2-back tasks, compared to 1-back, were observed in the training group. Event-related potentials (ERPs) data revealed an enhancement of P300 in the frontal and central regions across all working memory levels after training. Training also led to the enhancement of N200 in the central region in the 3-back condition. For the transfer effect, greater audiovisual integration in the frontal and central regions during the post-test rather than pre-test was observed at an early stage (80–120 ms) in the training group. (4) Conclusion: Our findings provide evidence that audiovisual n-back training enhances neural processes underlying a working memory and demonstrate a positive influence of higher cognitive functions on lower cognitive functions.

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“…Recent studies with ERPs have demonstrated that visual and dual n-back working memory training tasks modulate separate components of the working memory process [17,18]. They found greater N2 amplitudes, which is related to mismatch/match identification [19].…”

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Audiovisual n-Back Training Alters the Neural Processes of Working Memory and Audiovisual Integration: Evidence of Changes in ERPs

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Lin

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“…WM training has the potential to produce near transfer effects, but far transfer effects are less common. WM training has been found to be beneficial for students in areas related to language, such as reading comprehension and listening comprehension (Artuso et al, 2019(Artuso et al, ), as 10.3389/feduc.2023 Frontiers in Education 03 frontiersin.org well as in mathematical abilities such as numerical capacities, reasoning, and arithmetic skills (Holmes et al, 2009;Kuhn and Holling, 2014;Söderqvist and Bergman Nutley, 2015), emotion regulation (Xu et al, 2021), attention level (Volckaert and Noël, 2015), and intelligence (Jaeggi et al, 2008). However, a similar volume of research evidence has shown limited or no improvement after training.…”

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Working memory training: mechanisms, challenges and implications for the classroom

2023

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There is promising empirical evidence regarding the effect of working memory training for students’ learning. However, this evidence primarily comes from laboratory contexts, which limits understanding of what this training involves and how such knowledge can have value in education. Further, there is considerable heterogeneity across such studies that make it difficult for researchers to determine optimal conditions for working memory training and for educators to implement working memory training that will achieve their educational goal. Grounded in the context of evidence-based practice, this review focuses on applying working memory training in schools to support students’ learning and development, and the need for collaboration between researchers and educators. This review will clarify the theoretical underpinnings of training and transfer and analyse the sources of variation involved in working memory training implementation and outcomes. Building upon this reflection and on existing empirical evidence, this review will consider individual and contextual aspects (e.g., leadership, self-efficacy and school culture) that affect implementation. To support effective implementation within schools, this review discusses the need for a reciprocal researcher-educator partnership to ensure quality implementation of working memory training in the classroom.

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Training and asymmetrical transfer effects of working memory and inhibitory control in primary school children

Liu

Zhang

et al. 2023

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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The effects of working memory training in children revealed by behavioral responses and ERP

Abstract: The authors thank principal Yuan and his colleagues from QuYang No. 4 primary school for their helpful assistance in the process of data collection.

Cited by 3 publications

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Audiovisual n-Back Training Alters the Neural Processes of Working Memory and Audiovisual Integration: Evidence of Changes in ERPs

Audiovisual n-Back Training Alters the Neural Processes of Working Memory and Audiovisual Integration: Evidence of Changes in ERPs

Working memory training: mechanisms, challenges and implications for the classroom

Training and asymmetrical transfer effects of working memory and inhibitory control in primary school children

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