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1、Intelligence40(2012)531–542ContentslistsavailableatSciVerseScienceDirectIntelligenceWorkingmemorytrainingdoesnotimproveintelligenceinhealthyyoungadultsa,b,⁎,LeeA.ThompsonaWeng-TinkChooiaCaseWesternReserveUniversity,10900EuclidAvenue,Cleveland,OH44106,USAbAdvan
2、cedMedicalandDentalInstitute,UniversitiSainsMalaysia,1-8(Lot8),PersiaranSeksyen4/1,BandarPutraBertam,13200KepalaBatas,PulauPinang,MalaysiaarticleinfoabstractArticlehistory:JaeggiandhercolleaguesclaimedthattheywereabletoimprovefluidintelligencebytrainingReceive
3、d10August2011workingmemory.Subjectswhotrainedtheirworkingmemoryonadualn-backtaskforaperiodReceivedinrevisedform27July2012oftimeshowedsignificantimprovementsinworkingmemoryspantasksandfluidintelligenceAccepted27July2012testssuchastheRaven'sProgressiveMatricesan
4、dtheBochumerMatricesTestaftertrainingAvailableonline21August2012comparedtothosewithouttraining.Thecurrentstudyaimedtoreplicateandextendtheoriginalstudyinawell-controlledexperimentthatcouldexplainthecauseorcausesofsuchtransferifKeywords:indeedthecase.Therewerea
5、totalof93participantswhocompletedthestudy,andtheywereCognitivetrainingassignedtooneofthreegroups—passivecontrolgroup,activecontrolgroupandexperimentalDualn-backgroup.Halfoftheparticipantswereassignedtothe8-dayconditionandtheotherhalftotheActivecontrolgroup20-d
6、aycondition.Allparticipantscompletedabatteryoftestsatpre-andpost-teststhatconsistedFluidintelligenceofshorttimedtests,acomplexworkingmemoryspanandamatrixreasoningtask.AlthoughYoungadultsparticipants'performanceonthetrainingtaskimproved,resultsfromthecurrentstu
7、dydidnotsuggestanysignificantimprovementinthementalabilitiestested,especiallyfluidintelligenceandworkingmemorycapacity,aftertrainingfor8daysor20days.Thisdoesnotsupportthenotionthatincreasingone'sworkingmemorycapacitybytrainingandpracticecouldtransfertoimprovem
8、entonfluidintelligenceasassertedbyJaeggiandhercolleagues.©2012ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved.1.Introductionthetreatmentofintellectualimpairmentprovidesanexcellentexampleoftheseeffor