ArticleJournal of cognitive enhancement : towards the integration of theory and practice2021
Multisensory Facilitation of Working Memory Training.
Article in Journal of cognitive enhancement : towards the integration of theory and practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05396586 (Assessment and Training of Cognitive Function), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Assessment and Training of Cognitive Function
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Can we enhance working memory? Bias and effectiveness in cognitive training studies.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2024Pooled it
- Near transfer to an unrelated N-back task mediates the effect of N-back working memory training on matrix reasoning.Nature human behaviour · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of multisensory simultaneity judgment training on the comprehension and cortical processing of speech in noise: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Bayesian distributional models of executive functioning.Behavior research methods · 2026Article
- The Role of Inhibitory Control in Moderating Working Memory Training Transfer: Evidence from a Preregistered Trial with Older Adults.Research square · 2026Article
- Audiovisual N-back training in older adults: Benefits to working memory and audiovisual integration.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2025Article
- Retraining Dorsal Visual Pathways Improves Cognitive Skills After a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Retraining dorsal visual pathways improves cognitive skills and executive control networks following mild traumatic brain injury.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Multisensory training based on an APP for enhanced verbal working memory in older adults.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- Audiovisual n-Back Training Alters the Neural Processes of Working Memory and Audiovisual Integration: Evidence of Changes in ERPs.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Unicorn, Hare, or Tortoise? Using Machine Learning to Predict Working Memory Training Performance.Journal of cognition · 2023Article
- Unifying framework for cognitive training interventions in brain aging.Ageing research reviews · 2022Review
- Rapid assessment of hand reaching using virtual reality and application in cerebellar stroke.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
Research suggests that memorization of multisensory stimuli benefits performance compared to memorization of unisensory stimuli; however, little is known about multisensory facilitation in the context of working memory (WM) training and transfer. To investigate this, 240 adults were randomly assigned to an N-back training task that consisted of visual-only stimuli, alternating visual and auditory blocks, or audio-visual (multisensory) stimuli, or to a passive control group. Participants in the active groups completed 13 sessions of N-back training (6.7 hours in total) and all groups completed a battery of WM tasks: untrained N-back tasks, Corsi Blocks, Sequencing, and Symmetry Span. The Multisensory group showed similar training N-level gain compared to the Visual Only group, and both of these groups outperformed the Alternating group on the training task. As expected, all three active groups significantly improved on untrained visual N-back tasks compared to the Control group. In contrast, the Multisensory group showed significantly greater gains on the Symmetry Span task and to a certain extent on the Sequencing task compared to other groups. These results tentatively suggest that incorporating multisensory objects in a WM training protocol can benefit performance on the training task and potentially facilitate transfer to complex WM span tasks.
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