Working Memory, Reasoning, and Task Switching Training: Transfer Effects, Limitations, and Great Expectations?

Pauline L. Baniqued; Courtney M. Allen; Michael B. Kranz; Kathryn Johnson; Aldis Sipolins; Charles Dickens; Nathan Ward; Alexandra Geyer; Arthur F. Kramer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142169

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Working Memory, Reasoning, and Task Switching Training: Transfer Effects, Limitations, and Great Expectations?

Pauline L. Baniqued ,

* E-mail: banique1@illinois.edu

Affiliations Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Courtney M. Allen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Courtney M. Allen, Michael B. Kranz, Kathryn Johnson, Aldis Sipolins, Charles Dickens

Affiliation Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Michael B. Kranz ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Courtney M. Allen, Michael B. Kranz, Kathryn Johnson, Aldis Sipolins, Charles Dickens

Affiliations Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Kathryn Johnson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Courtney M. Allen, Michael B. Kranz, Kathryn Johnson, Aldis Sipolins, Charles Dickens

Affiliation Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Aldis Sipolins ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Courtney M. Allen, Michael B. Kranz, Kathryn Johnson, Aldis Sipolins, Charles Dickens

Affiliations Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Charles Dickens ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Courtney M. Allen, Michael B. Kranz, Kathryn Johnson, Aldis Sipolins, Charles Dickens

Affiliation Aptima, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nathan Ward,

Affiliation Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Alexandra Geyer,

Affiliation Aptima, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Arthur F. Kramer

Affiliations Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Working Memory, Reasoning, and Task Switching Training: Transfer Effects, Limitations, and Great Expectations?

Pauline L. Baniqued,
Courtney M. Allen,
Michael B. Kranz,
Kathryn Johnson,
Aldis Sipolins,
Charles Dickens,
Nathan Ward,
Alexandra Geyer,
Arthur F. Kramer

Published: November 10, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142169

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