Can working memory be trained?

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Can workingmemory betrained?

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Critical assessment of Can working memory be trained?...........................................................1Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTIONWorking memory is the memory that can be hold in the mind at any one constant .In the workingmemory most people can hold only four independent items. To intelligence working memorycan be related. A person's working memory is intended to improve through working memorytraining. To IQ, ageing and mental health working memory is linked to. Working trainingprograms are effective programs that not only can be used for training cognitive disorders or forattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but intelligence is also improved and cognitivefunctioning is enhanced in typically developing children and healthy adults. The information thatis required for different tasks are hold by working memory. For an instance a human may beasked to listen to a series of digits and letters and in the order to sort them out and then thesorted list need to be recalled. From people to pole the capacity of working memory can differ. Aperson may be able to recall 7 instructions have a greater working memory capacity incomparison with person who can recall only four .In this report a critical assessment on the topic can working memory be trained will beconducted. All the importation information regarding this topic will be given in this report.Critical assessment of Can working memory be trained?According to Alloway,Bibile and Lau,( 2013 ), there have been intense interest and controversyin the cognitive benefits of working memory training programs. In order to enhance he skills ofcognitive in adulthood it has been claimed by two meta-analyses that working memory trainingcan be effective. On the computerized tasks they have been working temporary trainingprogrammes. The intensive training is given to deign working memory capacity in the workingmemory training programmes. The widespread cognitive benefits may be produced through thesetraining .Through these training that is been given the scores on standardised test of intelligencecan be increased such as Raven's matrices. In the recent years much attention is been given totraining on working memory .By this the capacity of working memory can be increased and alsothe fluid intelligence. At all levels of evidence this area remains highly controversial withempirically-backed disagreements. The investigation is been done on the effects of randomizedfive weeks online working memory intervention on abilities of untrained cognitive in a sample ofyoung healthy adults (Working Memory Training Does Not Improve Performance on Measuresof Intelligence or Other Measures of “Far Transfer” , 2017.). During cognitive taskperformance working memory maintains and manipulate task related information. The interface1

form task irrelevant information is also been prevented by working memory. Between attentionand memory the interplay is been played by working memory. In human WM is a core cognitiveability and all complex cognitive tasks it underlines performance both within and beyond thelaboratory. In order to store information in WM people may differ. As some people can storemore information in comparison with people who can stores less information. The knowledgecan be acquired through WM and also one can also learn new skills and more broadly a personcan also build fluid-intelligence. As per the reasoning abilities in order to solve problems ofnovel cognitive can be gained through fluid intelligence .One of the best predictors of generalintelligence is been established by working memory capacity. The diverse beneficial effects canbe produced by working memory training programs. The crucial role is been played by WM ineveryday functioning. By computerized WM training it can be enhanced. The participantspractising on simple span, difficult span are included in such type of training.Dual component model of WMBoth primary memory and the components of secondary memory is been the in WM .By bothstorage and attentional resources the capacity of PM is limited. According to Tavris, ( 2016), thecapacities of both PM and SM not only distinguishes between high and low WM capacity. About76% of the variance in gF both PM and SM capacity accounts. Both the components of WM willbe targeted efficiency by WMT .In order to examine the efficiency of simple span WMT thedual component model is an appropriate framework. This is due to the reason that in theanalysis if span task performance the theory itself is rooted. To explain the stronger correlationthis model is been used by many researchers. The same process is been measures by the simplespan and complex span tasks. For an example by making use of confirmatory factor analysis ithad been represented that simple span tasks such as forward work span loaded more highly onprimary factors in comparison with secondary factor. In simple span tasks the successful recallcan increases the measures on the ability of SM. The fluid IQ scores can predicted by simplespan yaks .This can also be predicted by the complex span task. Both the components of PM andSM measures the capacity of WM through simple span task. Under certain condition both simplespan and complex span is able to target both PM and SM components of capacity of WM. Forthe PM and SM components simple span tasks are more appropriate measures. The currentlydesigned cogmed simple span WMT to target capacity of PM. In order to enhance the SM2

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