Putting brain training to the test.
Putting brain training to the test.
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“大脑训练”，或通过定期使用计算机测试来改善认知功能，是一个价值数百万磅行业，但缺乏支持其功效的科学证据。在一些针对老年人和学龄前儿童的研究中，报告了适度的影响，在一些视觉注意力测试中，电子游戏玩家的表现优于非游戏玩家。然而，人们普遍认为，商业上可用的计算机化大脑训练器可以改善更广泛人群的一般认知功能，这缺乏经验支持。核心问题不在于认知测试的表现是否可以通过训练来改善，而是这些好处是否可以转移到其他未经训练的任务中，或者导致认知功能水平的任何普遍改善。在这里，我们报告了一项为期六周的在线研究的结果，在这项研究中，11，430名参与者每周接受几次旨在提高推理，记忆，规划，视觉空间技能和注意力的认知任务的训练。虽然在每一个经过训练的认知任务中都观察到了改善，但没有证据表明转移效应对未经训练的任务有影响，即使这些任务在认知上密切相关。
‘Brain training’, or the quest for improved cognitive function through the regular use of computerised tests, is a multimillion pound industry, yet scientific evidence to support its efficacy is lacking. Modest effects have been reported in some studies of older individuals and preschool children, and video gamers out perform non-gamers on some tests of visual attention. However, the widely held belief that commercially available computerised brain trainers improve general cognitive function in the wider population lacks empirical support. The central question is not whether performance on cognitive tests can be improved by training, but rather, whether those benefits transfer to other untrained tasks or lead to any general improvement in the level of cognitive functioning. Here we report the results of a six-week online study in which 11,430 participants trained several times each week on cognitive tasks designed to improve reasoning, memory, planning, visuospatial skills and attention. Although improvements were observed in every one of the cognitive tasks that were trained, no evidence was found for transfer effects to untrained tasks, even when those tasks were cognitively closely related.
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影响因子：
2.6
作者：
Bor, D;Duncan, J;Owen, AM
通讯作者：
Owen, AM
影响因子：
17.7
作者：
Conklin, HM;Curtis, CE;Iacono, WG
通讯作者：
Iacono, WG
影响因子：
14.5
作者：
SAHAKIAN, BJ;MORRIS, RG;ROBBINS, TW
通讯作者：
ROBBINS, TW
影响因子：
3.4
作者：
Elliott, R;Sahakian, BJ;Robbins, TW
通讯作者：
Robbins, TW
DOI：
10.1093/brain/awp269
发表时间：
2010-01
期刊：
Brain : a journal of neurology
影响因子：
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作者：
Roca M;Parr A;Thompson R;Woolgar A;Torralva T;Antoun N;Manes F;Duncan J
通讯作者：
Duncan J