Science education and visuospatial processing

JC Castro-Alonso, DH Uttal - … processing for education in health and …, 2019 - Springer
Visuospatial processing is a key asset for thriving in health and natural sciences education
and practice. Two critical reasons for this importance are that (a) science phenomena are …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic computational phenotyping of human cognition

R Schurr, D Reznik, H Hillman, R Bhui… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Computational phenotyping has emerged as a powerful tool for characterizing individual
variability across a variety of cognitive domains. An individual's computational phenotype is …

Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) impairs visual working memory performance: a randomized crossover trial

KCS Adam, MK Doss, E Pabon, EK Vogel… - …, 2020 - nature.com
With the increasing prevalence of legal cannabis use and availability, there is an urgent
need to identify cognitive impairments related to its use. It is widely believed that cannabis …

A meta-analysis of mathematics word-problem solving interventions for elementary students who evidence mathematics difficulties

JA Myers, BS Witzel, SR Powell, H Li… - Review of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Since 1975, researchers have conducted interventions to improve the word-problem
performance of elementary school students facing mathematics difficulties. The current study …

[HTML][HTML] Parietal alpha oscillatory peak frequency mediates the effect of practice on visuospatial working memory performance

R Bertaccini, G Ellena, J Macedo-Pascual, F Carusi… - Vision, 2022 - mdpi.com
Visuospatial working memory (WM) requires the activity of a spread network, including right
parietal regions, to sustain storage capacity, attentional deployment, and active …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive training enhances growth mindset in children through plasticity of cortico-striatal circuits

L Chen, H Chang, J Rudoler, E Arnardottir… - npj Science of …, 2022 - nature.com
Growth mindset, the belief that one's abilities can improve through cognitive effort, is an
important psychological construct with broad implications for enabling children to reach their …

[HTML][HTML] Brief Mindset Intervention Changes Attitudes but Does Not Improve Working Memory Capacity or Standardized Test Performance

LTR Holden, B Goldstein - Education Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
There has been extensive research conducted on mindset and grit, involving both
experimental and observational methods. However, the findings in the literature remain …

[HTML][HTML] Distinguishing the visual working memory training and practice effects by the effective connectivity during n-back tasks: A DCM of ERP study

CC Chen, JC Kuo, WJ Wang - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Visual working memory (WM) training and practice can result in improved task performance
and increased P300 amplitude; however, only training can yield N160 enhancements. N160 …

Limitations on flexible allocation of visual short-term memory resources with multiple levels of goal-directed attentional prioritization

HA Lockhart, B Dube, KJ MacDonald… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2024 - Springer
Studies suggest that visual short-term memory (VSTM) is a continuous resource that can be
flexibly allocated using probabilistic cues that indicate test likelihood (ie, goal-directed …

Interactive science multimedia and visuospatial processing

JC Castro-Alonso, L Fiorella - … processing for education in health and …, 2019 - Springer
Diverse interactive multimedia products are developed for university students in health and
natural sciences. These different multimedia tools allow exchanges of information with the …