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  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human lifespan development

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  • Processing speed is vital across the lifespan and can be improved with training.
  • Traditional measures like reaction times offer limited insight into training mechanisms.
  • The drift-diffusion model quantifies cognitive processes in speeded tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze cognitive mechanisms underlying processing speed training using drift-diffusion model parameters.
  • To investigate changes in drift rate, boundary separation, and non-decision time during multi-session training.
  • To examine task-specific and generalizable training effects.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of existing data from a 4-week, 20-session processing speed training intervention.
  • Participants (N=30) completed face-matching, pattern-matching, and digit-matching tasks.
  • Drift-diffusion model parameters (drift rate, boundary separation, non-decision time) were estimated.

Main Results:

  • Processing speed training significantly increased drift rate (evidence accumulation) throughout the intervention.
  • Boundary separation and non-decision time showed initial decreases, stabilizing later in training.
  • These patterns were consistent across all three tested tasks.

Conclusions:

  • Processing speed training primarily enhances the rate of evidence accumulation with prolonged practice.
  • Response strategy and non-decision processes adapt early in training.
  • Understanding these distinct mechanisms is key to optimizing cognitive training interventions.