The Impact of Working Memory Training on Near and Far Transfer Measures: Is It All About Fluid Intelligence?

• In Event: 53.082 - Poster Session 10
  In Poster Session: 53.082-2 - Poster Session 4: Cognitive and Motivational Processes

Abstract

A randomized control study investigated the effects of working memory (WM) training on near (similar WM memory tasks) and far transfer (math problem solving accuracy and identification of math problem solving components) in children (ages 7-11) who vary in fluid intelligence. Children were randomly assigned to a control group or one of two WM training conditions (Repeated practice vs. Cued practice). Relative to the control condition, the cued condition yielded higher post-test scores for the far transfer measures, whereas repeated practice yielded higher scores for the near practice measures. Additionally, positive WM training effects were more likely to occur for participants with lower fluid intelligence on near transfer measures, whereas the reverse pattern occurred for the far transfer measures.

Authors

• Meaghan Beth McMurran, University of California - Riverside

• H. Lee Swanson, University of California - Riverside