Training effects are selective: active control improved processing efficiency but not executive function, and uni/multimodal interventions improved executive function but not processing efficiency¶
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q3 i? Active control training produced improvements in processing efficiency but not executive function, while uni- and multimodal interventions improved executive function but not processing efficiency. → Zwilling 2019
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Zwilling 2019¶
Zwilling, C. E., Daugherty, A. M., Hillman, C. H., Kramer, A. F., Cohen, N. J. & Barbey, A. K. (2019). Enhanced decision-making through multimodal training. npj Science of Learning 4:11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0049-x
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Summary of ANCOVA results across the processing efficiency tests (Pattern Comparison, Letter Comparison, DSST) and the switch cost measure in the RCT. Active control showed reliable gains in Letter Comparison items correct (F = 3.41, p = 0.020) and reaction-time decreases, supporting "improvements in processing ef ficiency, but not executive function".
"First, active control training produced improvements in processing ef ficiency, but not executive function. Second, the uni- and multi-modal interventions improve executive function, but not processing ef ficiency."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Executive Function — outcome: instruction changes it
- Self-Regulation — outcome: instruction changes it
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