How to Resolve Controversies in Cognitive Training: Let the Data Speak!

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¹ Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Psychology, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine and College of Letters and Science, and the University of California Los Angeles Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: rbilder@mednet.ucla.edu.

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Robert M Bilder. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;3(11):903-904.

doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.09.010.

¹ Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Psychology, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine and College of Letters and Science, and the University of California Los Angeles Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: rbilder@mednet.ucla.edu.

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Controversies in Computerized Cognitive Training.
Harvey PD, McGurk SR, Mahncke H, Wykes T. Harvey PD, et al. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2018 Nov;3(11):907-915. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.06.008. Epub 2018 Jul 5. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2018. PMID: 30197048 Review.

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