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Michael A Motes¹, Jacquelyn F Gamino¹, Sandra B Chapman¹

¹Center for BrainHealth, School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, United States.

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Summary

Higher-order cognitive strategy training improved inhibitory control in middle school students. This training also modulated event-related potentials (ERPs) linked to response inhibition, showing cognitive transfer.

Keywords:

Cognitive control Cognitive strategy training Comprehension Executive function Inhibition Inhibitory control Reasoning Transfer

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience

Background:

Inhibitory control is crucial for academic success.
Cognitive strategy training aims to enhance executive functions.
Transfer of training effects to untrained tasks is a key research question.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the transfer of higher-order cognitive strategy training to inhibitory control.
To examine the impact of semantic processing depth on response inhibition and associated event-related potentials (ERPs).

Main Methods:

Middle school students participated in a comprehension- and reasoning-focused cognitive strategy training program (SMART) or served as passive controls.
Participants completed a semantically cued Go/No-Go task before and after the intervention.
Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded during the task to assess neural correlates of response inhibition.

Main Results:

The SMART-trained group demonstrated significant gains in inhibitory control.
SMART training led to changes in fronto-central P3 ERP amplitudes during inhibition trials.
The control group did not exhibit comparable improvements in inhibitory control or ERP measures.

Conclusions:

Higher-order cognitive strategy training can effectively transfer to enhance inhibitory control.
Cognitive strategy training modulates neural mechanisms underlying semantically cued inhibitory control.
Findings have implications for educational interventions and understanding cognitive abilities.