Tilo Strobach Julia Karbach Editors
Cognitive Training An Overview of Features and Applications
Cognitive Training
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Tilo Strobach • Julia Karbach Editors
Cognitive Training An Overview of Features and Applications
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Editors Tilo Strobach Department of Psychology Medical School Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
Julia Karbach Department of Psychology Goethe-University Frankfurt Frankfurt / Main, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-42660-0 ISBN 978-3-319-42662-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-42662-4
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Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................... Tilo Strobach and Julia Karbach
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Part I Basic Concepts and Methodology Methods and Designs ...................................................................................... Florian Schmiedek
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Theoretical Models of Training and Transfer Effects ................................. Niels A. Taatgen
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Part II Plasticity in Different Age Groups Childhood and Adolescence ........................................................................... M. Rosario Rueda, Lina M. Cómbita, and Joan P. Pozuelos
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Adult lifespan .................................................................................................. Sabrina Guye, Christina Röcke, Susan Mérillat, Claudia C. von Bastian, and Mike Martin
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Part III Plasticity of Different Cognitive Domains Working Memory ............................................................................................ Tanja Könen, Tilo Strobach, and Julia Karbach
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Episodic Memory ............................................................................................ Elisabeth Wenger and Yee Lee Shing
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Prospective Memory ....................................................................................... Sharda Umanath, Joan Toglia, and Mark A. McDaniel
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Executive Functions ........................................................................................ Julia Karbach and Jutta Kray
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Part IV
Multidomain Trainings
Action Video-Game Training and Its Effects on Perception and Attentional Control.................................................................................. 107 C. Shawn Green, Thomas Gorman, and Daphne Bavelier Video Game Training and Effects on Executive Functions ......................... 117 Tilo Strobach and Torsten Schubert Mindfulness and Meditation Training .......................................................... 127 Paul Verhaeghen Music Training ................................................................................................ 137 Swathi Swaminathan and E. Glenn Schellenberg Physical Training............................................................................................. 145 Kristell Pothier and Louis Bherer Part V Cognitive Training in Applied Contexts Individual Differences and Motivational Effects ......................................... 157 Benjamin Katz, Masha R. Jones, Priti Shah, Martin Buschkuehl, and Susanne M. Jaeggi Educational Application of Working-Memory Training ............................. 167 Tracy Packiam Alloway, Tyler Robinson, and Andrea N. Frankenstein Changes of Electrical Brain Activity After Cognitive Training in Old Adults and Older Industrial Workers ............................... 177 Michael Falkenstein and Patrick D. Gajewski Cognitive Training in Mild Cognitive Impairment ...................................... 187 Sylvie Belleville, Benjamin Boller, and Laura Prieto del Val Part VI Outlook The Future of Cognitive Training.................................................................. 201 Lorenza S. Colzato and Bernhard Hommel
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