Abstract #0352
Effects of working memory training on cognition and white matter microstructure: Does brain training work?
Claudia Metzler-Baddeley 1 , Karen Caeyenberghs 2 , Sonya Foley 3 , and Derek K Jones 3
1
CUBRIC, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United
Kingdom,
2
University
of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium,
3
CUBRIC,
Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom
Brain trainings are popular and used by many to improve
mental capacity and combat age-related decline. However,
the evidence for training benefits on brain structure
remains limited and controversial. This research
investigated the effects of a 2 months working memory
training on microstructure in white matter pathways
mediating cognitive control (the superior longitudinal
fasciculus, the arcuate and the cingulum). Relative to
an active placebo condition, training led to
improvements in working memory span capacity, which were
related to alterations in white matter microstructure in
the cingulum and the arcuate and were dependent on
inter-individual differences in baseline microstructural
properties.
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