#3223. Transfer of working memory training to the inhibitory control of auditory distraction

October 2026publication date
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Developmental and Educational Psychology;
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology;
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Abstract:
Extended working memory training with the dual n-back task has been shown to improve performance on various untrained cognitive tasks. The degree of inhibitory control required during training was manipulated by comparing two versions of the dual n-back task in which participants are asked to either respond or withhold a response on the less frequent trials when an item was identical to an item n trials back. Eight 80-min sessions of training with adaptive versions of both n-back tasks were shown to improve working memory updating. This result suggests that enhanced demand for inhibitory control during training enables transfer to the inhibition of distractor interference, whereas the standard n-back task primarily affects working memory updating.
Keywords:
Distractor interference; Inhibitory control; Irrelevant speech effect; n-back task; Working memory training

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