title: Cognitive ability: does working memory training enhance intelligence?
abstract: Recent experiments in both humans and mice suggest that working memory training improves general cognitive ability. While the prospect of enhancing human and animal intelligence is enticing, several questions remain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Green Hall, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. aconway@princeton.edu
authors.forename: Andrew R A
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Getz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*