Our daily actions are driven by our goals in the moment, constantly forcing us to choose
among various options. Attention and working memory are key enablers of that process …

Commercial brain games are home-and computer-based cognitive trainings that are
industrially offered and promise to enhance cognitive functioning by repeating cognitive …

Brain training programs have proliferated in recent years, with claims that video games or
computer-based tasks can broadly enhance cognitive function. However, benefits are …

The ease with which humans learn and adapt has long been recognized. Yet, a vexing issue
in the field of training is the high specificity of learning. Examples of such extreme specificity …

The idea that video games or computer-based applications can improve cognitive function
has led to a proliferation of programs claiming to “train the brain.” However, there is often …

Highlights•Action video game play improves performance on a variety of tasks.•Benefits
have been found in perceptual, attentional and cognitive tasks.•A possible mechanistic …

Attention is a basic and main mental task and can play an important role in the functioning of
other brain abilities such as intelligence, memory, learning, and perception, and its deficit …

In 2014, two groups of scientists published open letters on the efficacy of brain-training
interventions, or “brain games,” for improving cognition. The first letter, a consensus …

Background Previous evidence points to a causal link between playing action video games
and enhanced cognition and perception. However, benefits of playing other video games …

Objectives: To investigate whether a commercially available brain training program is
feasible to use with a middle-aged population and has a potential impact on cognition and …