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| Title |
A Short Executive Function Training Program Improves Preschoolers’ Working Memory
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01827 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Emma Blakey, Daniel J. Carroll |
| Abstract |
Cognitive training has been shown to improve executive functions (EFs) in middle childhood and adulthood. However, fewer studies have targeted the preschool years-a time when EFs undergo rapid development. The present study tested the effects of a short four session EF training program in 54 four-year-olds. The training group significantly improved their working memory from pre-training relative to an active control group. Notably, this effect extended to a task sharing few surface features with the trained tasks, and continued to be apparent 3 months later. In addition, the benefits of training extended to a measure of mathematical reasoning 3 months later, indicating that training EFs during the preschool years has the potential to convey benefits that are both long-lasting and wide-ranging. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 17 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 35% |
| United States | 2 | 12% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| Chile | 1 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 53% |
| Scientists | 7 | 41% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 191 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 189 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 12% |
| Researcher | 20 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 36 | 19% |
| Unknown | 39 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 82 | 43% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 11 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 6 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 21 | 11% |
| Unknown | 53 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 December 2015.
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