Training benefits did not extend to processing speed tasks, indicating specificity to cognitive control processes¶
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q3 i? No group × session interactions were found on two processing speed tasks, so gains were not generalized speed-of-processing increases. → J. A. Anguera 2013
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J. A. Anguera 2013¶
J. A. Anguera, J. Boccanfuso, J. L. Rintoul, O. Al-Hashimi, F. Faraji, J. Janowich, E. Kong, Y. Larraburo, C. Rolle, E. Johnston & A. Gazzaley. (2013). Video game training enhances cognitive control in older adults. Nature 501. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12486
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Null result from experiment 2's cognitive battery: the randomized three-group trial found no group × session interaction on a stimulus detection task or the digit symbol substitution task; no effect size printed, so impact is null. Equivalence was not tested.
"as no group X session interactions were found on two processing speed tasks (a stimulus detection task and the digit symbol substitution task; see Supplementary Table 2)"
Discussion¶
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Training benefits did not extend to processing speed tasks, indicating specificity to cognitive control processes |
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Training benefits did not extend to processing speed tasks, indicating specificity to cognitive control processes |
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