Methods to Demonstrate the Efficacy of Cognitive Training Interventions

这一奖项授予威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校，为围绕认知训练干预有效性主张的方法论问题举行的会议提供支持。研讨会定于2016年5月在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行。基于计算机的学习干预或游戏对认知的基本方面的潜在好处已经得到了很大的关注。事实上，这个问题引起了公众的极大兴趣，它已经催生了一个不断增长的行业，声称它对STEM内容的学习产生了积极影响。尽管如此，对于证据是否支持这些说法，存在着很大的分歧。这次会议为研究人员提供了一个机会，让他们就必须解决的问题达成一致，以便声称学习干预是成功的。该项目由EHR核心研究计划资助，该计划支持基础研究，促进STEM学习的研究文献。会议将讨论如下主题：培训时间表、转移电池的大小和组成、真实世界影响的证据、缺乏双盲和可能的预期效应和非安慰剂效应、弱势或特殊人群、互联网与实验室培训、基本研究最佳实践与商业或翻译工作中使用的最佳实践、与其他类型干预措施的关系，以及与教育环境中影响相关的具体问题。会议形式包括正式发言和一系列以具体问题为重点的小组会议，与会者在会上讨论并起草有关这些问题的动议。最后，将汇编一份协商一致的文件，其中包括修正案和反对意见。

This award to the University of Wisconsin - Madison provides support for a conference on methodological issues surrounding claims about the efficacy of cognitive training interventions. The workshop is scheduled to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, in May, 2016. Much attention has been given to the potential benefits of computer-based learning interventions or games for fundamental aspects of cognition. Indeed, there is great public interest in the question and it has given rise to a growing industry with claims about positive effects on the learning of STEM content. That said, there is great disagreement as to whether the evidence supports the claims. This conference is an opportunity for researchers to reach agreement on the issues that must be resolved in order for one to claim that a learning intervention was successful. The project is funded by the EHR Core Research program, which supports fundamental research that advances the research literature on STEM learning. Sessions at the conference will cover such topics as training schedules, size and composition of transfer batteries, evidence for real-world impact, lack of double-blinding and possible expectation effects and non-placebo effects, vulnerable or special populations, internet vs. lab training, basic research best practices vs. those used in commercial or translational work, relationships to other types of interventions, and specific concerns related to impact in educational settings. The conference format includes formal presentations and a series of small group sessions focused on specific issues in which participants discuss and then draft motions concerning them. Finally, a consensus document will be assembled, with amendments and dissenting opinions incorporated.