Sissela Bergman Nutley

TL;DR: The results suggest that working memory training can have significant effects also among preschool children and the finding that inhibition could not be improved by either one of the two training programs might be due to the particular training program used in the present study.

TL;DR: This paper showed that it is possible to improve fluid intelligence (Gf) with training, which could have implications for early interventions in children, and showed that the non-verbal reasoning training group improved significantly on Gf when analysed as a latent variable of several reasoning tasks.

TL;DR: It is indicated that music practice positively affects WM development and support the importance of practice for the development of WM during childhood and adolescence.

TL;DR: A major finding of this study is that cognitive training is feasible in this clinical sample and can help improve their cognitive performance, however, a minimum cognitive capacity or training ability seems necessary for the training to be beneficial, with some individuals showing little improvement in performance.

TL;DR: Novel data is presented showing that variation in the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1) influences improvements in WM and fluid intelligence in preschool-age children following cognitive training, and the importance of the role of dopamine in determining cognitive plasticity is emphasized.