Fetterkey comments on Open Thread: August 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Fetterkey 02 August 2009 05:07:02AM 0 points [-]

Do you have a link to some well-written material on the subject? You've piqued my curiosity.

Comment author: gwern 02 August 2009 09:10:57AM *  2 points [-]

There's nothing really written for the layman online (which I know of). You can start by googling for topics like 'latent inhibition' and research on meditation.

Genuine research papers-wise, you could join http://groups.google.com/group/brain-training to which group's files I have uploaded ~20 papers on various topics related to working memory and focus.

Important ones:

  • klingberg2004-workingmemory-increase-helps-adhd.pdf
  • mcvay2009-workingmemory-improves-focus.pdf
  • thorell2008-workingmemory-improves-attention.pdf
  • unsworthengle2008-wm-executive-focus.pdf
  • jaeggi2008-nback-increases-iq.pdf

EDIT: in the future, Google will be deleting Groups' Files. You will want to search around for where the collection has moved to; I keep local copies of the most important ones in my wiki, and I copied all files c. October 2010 to my Dropbox account.

Comment author: gwern 10 October 2010 02:10:24AM *  0 points [-]

In lieu of anything better, you can try my DNB FAQ which discusses the general subject: http://www.gwern.net/N-back%20FAQ