An ecological approach to cognitive enhancement: complex motor training.

@article{Moreau2015AnEA,
  title={An ecological approach to cognitive enhancement: complex motor training.},
  author={David Moreau and Alexandra B. Morrison and Andrew R. A. Conway},
  journal={Acta psychologica},
  year={2015},
  volume={157},
  pages={44-55}
}

• David Moreau, Alexandra B. Morrison, Andrew R. A. Conway
• Published 2015 in Acta psychologica
• DOI:10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.02.007

Cognitive training has received a lot of attention recently, yielding findings that can be conflicting and controversial. In this paper, we present a novel approach to cognitive training based on complex motor activities. In a randomized controlled design, participants were assigned to one of three conditions: aerobic exercise, working memory training or designed sport--an intervention specifically tailored to include both physical and cognitive demands. After training for eight weeks, the designed sport group showed the largest… CONTINUE READING

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