Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement

Autor(en)

C. Shawn Green, Daphne Bavelier, Arthur F. Kramer, Sophia Vinogradov, Ulrich Ansorge, Karlene K. Ball, Ulrike Bingel, Jason M. Chein, Lorenza S. Colzato, Jerri D. Edwards, Andrea Facoetti, Adam Gazzaley, Susan E. Gathercole, Paolo Ghisletta, Simone Gori, Isabela Granic, Charles H. Hillman, Bernhard Hommel, Susanne M. Jaeggi, Philipp Kanske, Julia Karbach, Alan Kingstone, Matthias Kliegel, Torkel Klingberg, Simone Kühn, Dennis M. Levi, Richard E. Mayer, Anne Collins McLaughlin, Danielle S. McNamara, Martha Clare Morris, Mor Nahum, Nora S. Newcombe, Rogerio Panizzutti, Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, Albert Rizzo, Torsten Schubert, Aaron R. Seitz, Sarah J. Short, Ilina Singh, James D. Slotta, Tilo Strobach, Michael S.C. Thomas, Elizabeth Tipton, Xin Tong, Haley A. Vlach, Julie Loebach Wetherell, Anna Wexler, Claudia M. Witt

Abstrakt

There is substantial interest in the possibility that cognitive skills can be improved by dedicated behavioral training. Yet despite the large amount of work being conducted in this domain, there is not an explicit and widely agreed upon consensus around the best methodological practices. This document seeks to fill this gap. We start from the perspective that there are many types of studies that are important in this domain—e.g., feasibility, mechanistic, efficacy, and effectiveness. These studies have fundamentally different goals, and, as such, the best-practice methods to meet those goals will also differ. We thus make suggestions in topics ranging from the design and implementation of control groups, to reporting of results, to dissemination and communication, taking the perspective that the best practices are not necessarily uniform across all study types. We also explicitly recognize and discuss the fact that there are methodological issues around which we currently lack the theoretical and/or empirical foundation to determine best practices (e.g., as pertains to assessing participant expectations). For these, we suggest important routes forward, including greater interdisciplinary collaboration with individuals from domains that face related concerns. Our hope is that these recommendations will greatly increase the rate at which science in this domain advances.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Psychologie der Kognition, Emotion und Methoden

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Universität Genf, Northeastern University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, University of Minnesota Physicians, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Universitätsklinik Duisburg-Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Temple University, Philadelphia, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), University of South Florida, Università degli Studi di Padova, University of California, San Francisco, University of Cambridge, FernUni Schweiz, Université de Lausanne, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Radboud University, Leiden University, University of California, Irvine, Technische Universität Dresden, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Center for Research on Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk, University of British Columbia (UBC), Karolinska Institute, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Barbara, North Carolina State University, Arizona State University, Rush University, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, University of Dublin, Ohio State University, University of Southern California, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, University of California, Riverside, University of Oxford, Boston College, Medical School Hamburg, University of London, Columbia University in the City of New York, Northwestern University, University of Virginia, VA San Diego Heatlhcare System, University of California, San Diego, Pennsylvania State University, Universitätsspital Zürich, University of Minnesota, Mineapolis, Universität Zürich (UZH)

Journal

Journal of Cognitive Enhancement

Band

3

Seiten

2-29

Anzahl der Seiten

28

ISSN

2509-3290

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-018-0115-y

Publikationsdatum

03-2019

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501010 Klinische Psychologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/338aed35-df79-4366-9ea4-64b097f9374b