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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Cognitive skills are key predictors of job performance.
  • The effectiveness of computerized cognitive training (CCT) for enhancing job performance in healthy adults remains largely unexamined.
  • Previous research suggests a link between brain plasticity and job performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of CCT on job performance in healthy young adults.
  • To determine if CCT targeting attention, memory, reasoning, and visuo-spatial abilities can enhance productivity on relevant tasks.
  • To assess skill transfer to a real-world bookkeeping task.

Main Methods:

  • 44 business students participated in a 6-week intervention (20 hours total).
  • Participants were assigned to either CCT or a computerized arithmetic training (active control) group via matched sampling.
  • Productivity on a bookkeeping task was measured at baseline, 10 hours, and 20 hours of training.

Main Results:

  • A significant Group X Time interaction was found for productivity (p = 0.003).
  • Significant improvements in productivity were observed at both 10-hour (p = 0.014) and 20-hour (p = 0.003) training points.
  • No significant effects were found on task accuracy or sustained attention (Conners' Continuous Performance Test).

Conclusions:

  • Computerized cognitive training can enhance productivity on job-relevant tasks in healthy young adults.
  • The findings suggest that CCT can lead to improvements in specific cognitive skills that translate to better job performance.
  • Further research is needed to explore the generalization of these results and the underlying mechanisms related to brain plasticity.