Transfer (Psychology) (Latest Articles)

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Effects of simulator practice and real-world experience on cell-phone-related driver distraction.

29 Nov 2008 OBJECTIVE: Our research examined the effects of practice on cell-phone-related driver distraction. BACKGROUND: The driving literature is ambiguous as to whether practice can reduce driver distraction from concurrent cell phone conversation. METHODS: ...
rec_pub_19292012-effects-simulator-practice-real-world-experience-cell-phone-related.htm

Can training in a real-time strategy video game attenuate cognitive decline in older adults?

29 Nov 2008 Declines in various cognitive abilities, particularly executive control functions, are observed in older adults. An important goal of cognitive training is to slow or reverse these age-related declines. However, opinion is divided in the literature ...
rec_pub_19140648-can-training-real-time-strategy-video-game-attenuate-cognitive.htm

Targeting latent function: encouraging effective encoding for successful memory training and transfer.

29 Nov 2008 Cognitive training programs for older adults often result in improvements at the group level. However, there are typically large age and individual differences in the size of training benefits. These differences may be related to the degree to which ...
rec_pub_19140647-targeting-latent-function-encouraging-effective-encoding-successful.htm

Impact of working memory training on memory performance in old-old adults.

29 Nov 2008 Memory impairments constitute an increasing objective and subjective problem with advancing age. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of working memory training on memory performance. The authors trained a sample of 80-year-old ...
rec_pub_19140646-impact-working-memory-training-memory-performance-old-old-adults.htm

A latent change score analysis of a randomized clinical trial in reasoning training.

29 Nov 2008 The authors analyzed longitudinal data from a cognitive training experiment--Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly--using several alternative contemporary statistical models to test dynamic hypotheses based on latent change ...
rec_pub_19140642-a-latent-change-score-analysis-randomized-clinical-trial-reasoning.htm

Exercising your brain: a review of human brain plasticity and training-induced learning.

29 Nov 2008 Human beings have an amazing capacity to learn new skills and adapt to new environments. However, several obstacles remain to be overcome in designing paradigms to broadly improve quality of life. Arguably, the most notable impediment to this goal ...
rec_pub_19140641-exercising-brain-review-human-brain-plasticity-training-induced.htm

Introduction to the special section on cognitive plasticity in the aging mind.

29 Nov 2008
rec_pub_19140639-introduction-special-section-cognitive-plasticity-aging-mind.htm

Working memory plasticity in old age: practice gain, transfer, and maintenance.

29 Nov 2008 Adult age differences in cognitive plasticity have been studied less often in working memory than in episodic memory. The authors investigated the effects of extensive working memory practice on performance improvement, transfer, and short-term ...
rec_pub_19140644-working-memory-plasticity-old-age-practice-gain-transfer-maintenance.htm

Increased interestingness of extraneous details in a multimedia science presentation leads to decreased learning.

29 Nov 2008 In Experiment 1, students received an illustrated booklet, PowerPoint presentation, or narrated animation that explained 6 steps in how a cold virus infects the human body. The material included 6 high-interest details mainly about the role of ...
rec_pub_19102616-increased-interestingness-extraneous-details-multimedia-science.htm

The effect of participation in Gaelic football on the development of Irish professional soccer players.

29 Nov 2008 The developmental model of sport participation (DMSP) was proposed by Côté (1999). First, we examined whether the participation profiles of two groups of professional soccer players in Ireland who either had or had not played Gaelic football to an ...
rec_pub_19164837-the-effect-participation-gaelic-football-development-irish.htm

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