Effects of Game and Game-like Training on Neurocognitive Plasticity

• Main Author: Heleen A. Slagter (auth)
• Other Authors: Guido P. H. Band (auth), Michelle W. Voss (auth), Chandramallika Basak (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Learning; Brain; transfer; Video Games; Cognition; brain plasticity; cognitive training
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Cognitive training is not always effective. This is also the case for the form of cognitive training that this Research Topic focuses on: prolonged performance on game-like cognitive tasks. The ultimate goal of this cognitive training is to improve ecologically-valid target functions. For example, c...