Giovanni Sala|Fernand Gobet
Working memory training in typically developing children: A meta-analysis of the available evidence.
University of Liverpool|University of Liverpool
putative effectiveness working memory wm training enhancing cognitive academic skills still ardently debatedseveral researchers claimed wm training fosters skills visuospatial wm shortterm memory stm also abilities outside domain wm fluid intelligence mathematicsother researchers acknowledging positive effect wm training wmrelated cognitive skills much pessimistic ability wm training improve cognitive academic skillsin words idea fartransfer ie generalization set skills across two domains loosely related may take place wm training still controversialin metaanalysis focused effects wm training cognitive academic skills eg fluid intelligence attentioninhibition mathematics literacy typically developing td children aged three 16while wm training exerted significant effect cognitive skills related wm training 046 little evidence found regarding fartransfer effects 012moreover size effects inversely related quality design ie random allocation groups presence active control groupthe results suggest wm training ineffective enhancing td childrens cognitive academic skills positive effects observed modest bestthus line types training fartransfer rarely occurs effects minimal