LSAT practice showed no evidence of far transfer to planning, working memory, selective attention, or verbal comprehension¶

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q3 i? Neither LSAT course group changed on composite measures of planning, working memory, selective attention, or verbal comprehension between time points. → Belén C. Guerra-Carrillo and Silvia A. Bunge 2018

Evidence¶

Belén C. Guerra-Carrillo and Silvia A. Bunge 2018¶

Belén C. Guerra-Carrillo and Silvia A. Bunge. (2018). Eye gaze patterns reveal how reasoning skills improve with experience. npj Science of Learning 3:18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-018-0035-8

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Bayesian tests of pre/post change on composite measures of other cognitive domains in the same two-group pseudo-randomized design; the article reports moderate evidence for the null of no change on these transfer measures.

"We found moderate evidence in favor of the null hypothesis —i.e., no change —for measures of planning, working memory, selective attention, and verbal comprehension."

Discussion¶

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