Extending brain-training to the affective domain: increasing cognitive and affective executive control through emotional working memory training.

So-called 'brain-training' programs are a huge commercial success. However, empirical evidence regarding their effectiveness and generalizability remains equivocal. This study investigated whether brain-training (working memory [WM] training) improves cognitive functions beyond the trainin...

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Main Authors: Susanne Schweizer, Adam Hampshire, Tim Dalgleish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3176229?pdf=render