The clinical applications of working memory training

Thesis

Working memory is involved in a variety of cognitive tasks, with working memory capacity predicting an individual's ability to process information and focus attention on taskrelated information. Subsequently, recent research has investigated whether working memory capacity can be improved through training and whether improvements generalise to other cognitive, behavioural or emotional domains. This training is typically adaptive in nature, changing in difficulty according to participa...

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Authors: Hotton, M

• Type of award: D.Clin.Psych.
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Keywords: Worry; Working memory training; Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Subjects: Cognitive neuroscience; Psychology; Psychology, Experimental; Neuropsychology; Clinical psychology