Is the link from working memory to analogy causal? No analogy improvements following working memory training gains.

Analogical reasoning has been hypothesized to critically depend upon working memory through correlational data, but less work has tested this relationship through experimental manipulation. An opportunity for examining the connection between working memory and analogical reasoning has emerged from t...

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Autores principales:	J Elizabeth Richey, Jeffrey S Phillips, Christian D Schunn, Walter Schneider
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3be54275a0964008b7cc0a6c96f3ad9d2021-11-25T06:01:49ZIs the link from working memory to analogy causal? No analogy improvements following working memory training gains.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0106616https://doaj.org/article/3be54275a0964008b7cc0a6c96f3ad9d2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25188356/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Analogical reasoning has been hypothesized to critically depend upon working memory through correlational data, but less work has tested this relationship through experimental manipulation. An opportunity for examining the connection between working memory and analogical reasoning has emerged from the growing, although somewhat controversial, body of literature suggests complex working memory training can sometimes lead to working memory improvements that transfer to novel working memory tasks. This study investigated whether working memory improvements, if replicated, would increase analogical reasoning ability. We assessed participants' performance on verbal and visual analogy tasks after a complex working memory training program incorporating verbal and spatial tasks. Participants' improvements on the working memory training tasks transferred to other short-term and working memory tasks, supporting the possibility of broad effects of working memory training. However, we found no effects on analogical reasoning. We propose several possible explanations for the lack of an impact of working memory improvements on analogical reasoning.J Elizabeth RicheyJeffrey S PhillipsChristian D SchunnWalter SchneiderPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 9, p e106616 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q J Elizabeth Richey Jeffrey S Phillips Christian D Schunn Walter Schneider Is the link from working memory to analogy causal? No analogy improvements following working memory training gains.
description	Analogical reasoning has been hypothesized to critically depend upon working memory through correlational data, but less work has tested this relationship through experimental manipulation. An opportunity for examining the connection between working memory and analogical reasoning has emerged from the growing, although somewhat controversial, body of literature suggests complex working memory training can sometimes lead to working memory improvements that transfer to novel working memory tasks. This study investigated whether working memory improvements, if replicated, would increase analogical reasoning ability. We assessed participants' performance on verbal and visual analogy tasks after a complex working memory training program incorporating verbal and spatial tasks. Participants' improvements on the working memory training tasks transferred to other short-term and working memory tasks, supporting the possibility of broad effects of working memory training. However, we found no effects on analogical reasoning. We propose several possible explanations for the lack of an impact of working memory improvements on analogical reasoning.
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title	Is the link from working memory to analogy causal? No analogy improvements following working memory training gains.
title_short	Is the link from working memory to analogy causal? No analogy improvements following working memory training gains.
title_full	Is the link from working memory to analogy causal? No analogy improvements following working memory training gains.
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title_full_unstemmed	Is the link from working memory to analogy causal? No analogy improvements following working memory training gains.
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Is the link from working memory to analogy causal? No analogy improvements following working memory training gains.

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