Cognitive Neuroscience
Principles of Effective Cognitive Training: Core Hubs Cognitive Training Framework
Core Hubs Cognitive Training Model The Core Hubs model depicts three overlapping ‘core hub’ functional networks – for fluid intelligence, self- regulation and incubation – distributed between the Executive (Cognitive Control) Network and the Default Mode Network as shown in these Venn diagrams. Core hubs training framework is designed for far transfer training […]
The Process Overlap Theory. A Unified Account of g and IQ Augmentation 1. General Intelligence (g) Is Not Real!
Kovacs & Conway’s (2016) Process Overlap Theory (POT) is the latest general, unified theory of intelligence based on the current body of evidence, with profound implications for cognitive training and intelligence augmentation. . It is a good starting point for understanding the nature of intelligence and the human mind more generally, and is worth reading digested content here […]
Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis Review
What is Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis? In the 1990s Elizabeth Gould discovered that adult mammalian brains could engender new neurons, confined primarily to the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus – a brain region known to be a substrate for learning and memory. (New neurons have also been reported in the neocortex (ref, ref, ref) and hypothalamus […]
Working Memory Brain Training Mechanisms
Neuroplasticity Mechanisms of Working Memory (WM) Training Transfer: How Brain Training Works Brain training neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to reorganize its structure, function and connections as a result of training. General principles Transfer can occur if the criterion and transfer tasks depend on shared networks. Working memory, attention control and fluid reasoning depend on […]
Notes on the brain’s functional networks using the graph-theoretic approach
Brain’s Functional Networks ➤Fronto-Parietal Network ➤Dorsal Attention Network ➤Salience Network ➤Cingulo-Opercular Network ➤Ventral Attention Network ➤Default Mode Network ➤Auditory Network ➤Visual Network ➤➤Somatosensory-Motor Network ➤Subcortical Network 3 additional networks, including… ➤Memory retrieval Network?~ ➤Post-retrieval monitoring Network? Brain Regions and Functions . . Fronto-Parietal Network Anterior dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex (aDLPFC) Intra-parietal sulcus IIPS) and inferior parietal lobule […]