Is working memory training effective?

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What is neuroplasticity?
The brains potential to create and reorganise neural pathways to adapt to suit its needs
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What did research by Holmes, Gathercole & Dunning (2009) show about the effectiveness of adaptive training on WM?
Showed significant improvements to a variety of WM areas including Verbal&Visuospatial WM
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What did a neural correlate study of WM training by Olesen et al (2004) show?
After training, there were increases in frontal and parietal activity
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What was the main conclusion reached from research by Melby-Lervag and Hulme (2013)?
WM improvement programmes produced short term improvements in WM skills, but limited and not generalisable evidence for this training to all WM areas
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