On Apr 14, 10:02 pm, ailambris <ailamb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This suggests that the n-back task trains inhibition more than willful
> activation?
>
> On Apr 13, 11:09 am, cev <ubiquity...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > This appears to be related:
>
> >http://www.cnsmeeting.org/index.php?page=poster_detail&show=authors&s...
>
> > [Poster F61, Monday, April 4, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Pacific Concourse
> > Brain Training: Does it train the brain? The neural substrates
> > underlying gains in cognitive control capacity.
> > Susanne Schweizer1, Jessica Grahn1, Adam Hampshire1, Dean Mobbs1,
> > Christina Asuquo-Brown2, Tim Dalgleish1; 1MRC Cognition and Brain
> > Sciences Unit, 2Maastricht University
>
> > Increasing popularity of so-called brain-training has spurred research
> > into improving cognitive control capacity (CCC), which has been
> > associated with successful academic/professional performance and
> > greater well-being. Preliminary evidence suggests that extensive
> > training on complex working memory (WM) tasks can augment CCC.
> > However, little is known about the neural substrates underlying
> > "brain"-training gains. We aimed to investigate the reality of brain-
> > training by exploring changes in neural functioning associated with
> > improved training performance and whether training translates to
> > generalisable gains in CCC. 47 young adults were randomly assigned to
> > a neutral or affective dual n-back training (DnT) or a non-CCC-
> > dependent training control group. While all participants improved on
> > their respective training tasks, only the DnT-groups showed
> > transferable increases in CCC, as measured by WM improvements on an
> > untrained task. In line with our understanding of the functional
> > networks related to CCC, CCC-gains were associated with greater
> > activation decrease in posterior cingulate and parietal regions and
> > with less increase in the anterior cingulate cortex. We further showed
> > these CCC-improvements to extend beyond the control of neutral
> > information to the type of emotional information (words and faces) we
> > process in everyday life. Improved behavioral control over emotional
> > information also elicited greater activation decreases in the right
> > superior temporal regions and temporal pole. These findings show that
> > brain-training does indeed train the brain and is associated with
> > improved CCC, which optimizes functioning in our emotionally-laden
> > environment. This training then could ultimately benefit not only the
> > healthy population but also individuals suffering from anxiety or mood
> > disorders.]
>
> > Of course, it would be interesting to know whether the subjects were
> > instructed to play the game intuitively or not!
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