January 6, 2021
Summaries of independently published NeuroTracker studies investigating assessment of human performance.
This study aimed to investigate if working memory in Canadian Armed Forces can be improved with unsupervised remote NeuroTracker training as a practical performance enhancement tool.
66 Canadian Armed Forces soldiers were randomly assigned to NeuroTracker training (30 sessions over two weeks), Dual n-back training, or a passive control group. Verbal and matrix WM span were assessed before and after training, along with the Multi-Attribute Task Battery: MATB-II multi-tasking assessment.
Both active groups improved on the training tasks with 10-50% improvement in post-training working memory measures. No significant transfer was found for the MATB-II multi-tasking assessment.
NeuroTracker and Dual n-back training can boost working memory in military personnel, but this improvement doesn't seem to extend to multitasking skills, as indicated by the MATB-II assessment.
Reference: Oshin Vartanian et al. ‘3D Multiple Object Tracking or Adaptive Dual n-back Training Boosts Simple Verbal Working Memory Span but Not Multitasking Performance in Military Participants’ Journal of Cognitive Enhancement 5, 280-295, 2021.
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Summaries of independently published NeuroTracker studies investigating assessment of human performance.
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