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cognitive training  

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  • "Cognitive training refers to interventions using cognitive tasks or intellectually demanding activities, the goal of which is to enhance general cognitive ability" (Gobet & Sala, 2023, p. 126).

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  • cognitive intervention

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  • • Gobet, F., & Sala, G. (2023). Cognitive training: A field in search of a phenomenon. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(1), 125–141. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221091830

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Novick, J. M., Bunting, M. F., Dougherty, M. R., & Engle, R. W. (Eds.). (2019). Cognitive and working memory training: Perspectives from psychology, neuroscience, and human development. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199974467.001.0001

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Sala, G., & Gobet, F. (2019). Cognitive training does not enhance general cognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(1), 9–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2018.10.004

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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