Correlations between baseline scores and practice performance follow task-specific qualitative trajectories (upward, downward, or constant) that do not cluster by cognitive ability domain¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
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q2 i? Across 100 practice sessions, pre-test-to-session correlations qualitatively showed upward trends (e.g., Alpha Span), downward trends (Object Position, Memory Updating, Numerical Comparison), and constant trends, with most results nonsignificant. → Cherry Youn 2022 q2 i? PGS–performance correlations across practice similarly showed upward, downward, and constant trajectories that differed by task and did not appear to reconstitute baseline-performance association patterns. → Cherry Youn 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Cherry Youn 2022¶

Cherry Youn, Andrew D. Grotzinger, Christina M. Lill, Lars Bertram, Florian Schmiedek, Martin Lövdén, Ulman Lindenberger, Michel Nivard, K. Paige Harden, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob. (2022). Genetic associations with learning over 100 days of practice. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00121-2

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Correlation analysis of pre-test scores with performance at every practice session for each task (Fig. 2), including blocks of 10 days and age groups. The article reports it "qualitatively observed three stylized patterns of change" with most results nonsignificant.

"Although most results were nonsignificant, we qualitatively observed three stylized patterns of change in the correlations between pretest scores and practice session performance across the sessions: upward trend, downward trend, and constant."

Cherry Youn 2022 (2)¶

Cherry Youn, Andrew D. Grotzinger, Christina M. Lill, Lars Bertram, Florian Schmiedek, Martin Lövdén, Ulman Lindenberger, Michel Nivard, K. Paige Harden, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob. (2022). Genetic associations with learning over 100 days of practice. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00121-2

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Correlations between EAPGS and daily performance across the practice phase (Fig. 3), on residuals independent of baseline age and ancestry PCs. The article reports "three different trajectories of correlations were qualitatively observed: upward trend, downward trend, and constant".

"With residuals of variables that were independent of baseline age and PC, three different trajectories of correlations were qualitatively observed: upward trend, downward trend, and constant."

Discussion¶

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