Training and transfer effects of executive functions in preschool children

Abstract Executive functions, including working memory and inhibition, are of central importance to much of human behavior. Interventions intended to improve executive functions might therefore serve an important purpose. Previous studies show that working memory can be improved by training, but it is unknown if this also holds for inhibition, and whether it is possible to train executive functions in preschoolers. In the present study, preschool children received computerized training of either visuo‐spatial working memory or inhibition for 5 weeks. An active control group played commercially available computer games, and a passive control group took part in only pre‐ and posttesting. Children trained on…

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  Vårdalstiftelsen
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  Forskningsrådet för Arbetsliv och Socialvetenskap
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  Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse