BECAS
VLADISAUSKAS Melina
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Testing the spacing effect on Mate Marote: a cognitive training software designed for large scale educational interventions
Autor/es:
MELINA VLADISAUSKAS; LAOUEN BELLOLI; MARTÍN A. MIGUEL; DIEGO FERNÁNDEZ SLEZAK; ANDREA P. GOLDIN
Lugar:
Mar del Plata
Reunión:
Congreso; XXX II Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias; 2017
Institución organizadora:
Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencia
Resumen:
Mate Marote is an open source cognitive-training software aimed at childrenbetween 4 and 8 years old. It consists of a set of computerized games specifically tailored to train and evaulate executive functions (EF): a class of processes critical for purposeful, goal-directed behavior, including working memory, planning, flexibility, and cognitive control. The spacing effect in learning is well known. However, the effect of distributed practice on cognitive training has never been tested. In the present study we show that children performance in the executive function (EF) tests obtainedin controlled school environments with their own teacher are enhanced when children had played spaced versus massive designs, one session a week during two months.
