Altersunterschiede in exekutiven Funktionen: Zur Transferierbarkeit von Task-Switching Training
Final Report Abstract
Taken together, the most important new findings of this six-month project extension are that (1) task-switching training results in long-term near and far transfer effects that can be maintained across the course on one year, especially in younger adults, and (2) that the transfer of verbal self-instruction strategies in older adults seems to be relatively specific and strongly dependent on the amount of overiap between training and transfer situations. Generally, it seems that taskswitching training is an effective means for promoting the long-term transfer of several higherlevel cognitive control functions, such as task maintenance and inhibition, and that verbal selfinstruction training can serve as compensatory tool for age-related deficits in task-switching abilities in older age.
Publications
- Karbach, J. & Kray, J. Age-differences in the transfer of task-switching training. Ta/Zr at tfie 29^^ international Congress of Psycfiology (ICP), Berlin, July 2008.
- Karbach, J. & Kray, J. Task-switching training across the lifespan - how far does it transfer and how long do the effects persist? Talk at the 2(f^ Biennal Meeting ofthe International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (iSSBD), Würzburg, July, 2008.
- Karbach, J. & Kray, J. The development of cognitive control: The influence of verbal processes. Ta/Zr at tfie 29^** International Congress of Psycfiology (ICP), Berlin, July 2008.
- Karbach, J., & Kray, J. Age differences in the transfer of executive control training. Poster presented at the 12th Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, April 2008.
- Kray, J., & Karbach, J. Long-term effects of executive control training across the lifespan: First evidence from a 1-year follow-up study. Talk at the 12th Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, April 2008.
