Working memory training mostly engages general-purpose large-scale networks for learning

J Salmi, L Nyberg, Matti Laine

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Sammanfattning

The present meta-analytic study examined brain activation changes following working memory (WM) training, a form of cognitive training that has attracted considerable interest. Comparisons with perceptual-motor (PM) learning revealed that WM training engages domain-general large-scale networks for learning encompassing the dorsal attention and salience networks, sensory areas, and striatum. Also the dynamics of the training-induced brain activation changes within these networks showed a high overlap between WM and PM training. The distinguishing feature for WM training was the consistent modulation of the dorso- and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC/VLPFC) activity. The strongest candidate for mediating transfer to similar untrained WM tasks was the frontostriatal system, showing higher striatal and VLPFC activations, and lower DLPFC activations after training. Modulation of transfer-related areas occurred mostly with longer training periods. Overall, our findings place WM training effects into a general perception-action cycle, where some modulations may depend on the specific cognitive demands of a training task.
OriginalspråkOdefinierat/okänt
Sidor (från-till)108–122
Antal sidor15
TidskriftNeuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Volym93
DOI
StatusPublicerad - 2018
MoE-publikationstypA2 Översiktsartikel artikel i en vetenskaplig tidskrift

Nyckelord

  • Executive function
  • fMAI
  • working memory
  • cognitive training

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