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=== Scientific background === * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-back Wikipedia article on n-back] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory Wikipedia article on working memory] * [http://www.scribd.com/doc/2743087/Hrntraining-foerdert-den-Arbeitsspeicher The key paper on the n-back test available online] * [http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/40/10145 Sleep accelerates improvements in n-back performance] - another interesting relevant paper * [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/19/6791.full Increasing fluid intelligence is possible after all] - commentary on the Jaeggi-Buschkuehl paper * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16569141 Is the focus of attention in working memory expandable through practice?] - another paper looking at the n-back task * [http://scienceblogs.com/developingintelligence/2008/07/attention_its_not_a_big_truck.php Attention - it's not a big truck - what does n-back training actually do?] - thoughtful blog post * [http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep05/workout.html Article from "Monitor on Psychology"] - "A workout for working memory" - discusses the benefits of training working memory using n-back, in particular in the context of children with ADHD * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16467562?dopt=Abstract Training-induced functional activation changes in dual-task processing: an FMRI study] - note the suggestions here that training "dual tasks" (such as dual n-back) may be superior to training other tasks. * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15521807?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed A working memory workout: how to expand the focus of serial attention from one to four items in ten hours or less] * [http://scienceblogs.com/developingintelligence/2008/06/enhancement_of_intelligence_by.php Enhancement of intelligence by training controlled attention - far transfer from dual n-back] * [http://www.cogmed.com/cogmed/articles/en/84.aspx Training of working memory] at Cogmed * [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2485208 Salthouse and Pink - why is working memory related to fluid intelligence?] * [http://science-mag.aaas.org/cgi/content/full/323/5915/800/DC2 Podcast interview with Torkel Klingberg] - on how working memory training affects brain chemistry * [http://www.klingberglab.se/pub.html Various papers at Klingberg lab] * [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122269455/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Adaptive training leads to sustained enhancement of poor working memory in children] * [http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/12/2868 Interaction of Working Memory and Long-Term Memory in the Medial Temporal Lobe] * [http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm/volumeID_21-editionID_160-ArticleID_1342-getfile_getPDF/thepsychologist/0508gath.pdf Working memory in the classroom] - article from The Psychologist by Susan Gathercole * [http://cogmedresearch.com/?p=180 Kids improve math and listening skills with working memory training] - study using Cogmed's software * [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141712.htm Study showing link between working memory capacity and ability to focus despite distractions] * [http://community.haskell.org/~gwern/static/N-back%20FAQ.html N-back FAQ] == See also == * BrainTrainingGames

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