rct · 2010 · en
Putting Brain Training to the Test
Owen A M, Hampshire A, Grahn J A, Stenton R, Dajani S, Burns A S, Howard R J, Ballard C G
Nature
Evidencia · Seminal
Síntesis
Online RCT of 11,430 participants doing 6 weeks of brain-training games: significant gains on trained tasks, BUT no transfer to untrained cognitive tasks of even closely related abilities—key negative-evidence study for commercial brain-training claims.
Etapas
transversal
Dominios
executive-function, cognitive, intervention
Tags
brain-training · no-transfer · large-RCT · foundational-skepticism
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clm-cognitive-training-no-far-transfer
Commercial computerized cognitive- and working-memory-training programs produce gains on trained and very similar tasks but consistently fail to show far transfer to academic achievement, IQ, attention, or everyday cognition.