Programme Overview

(see here for programme with abstracts)

09:30 Coffee

09:50 Opening Remarks

10:00 Claudia von Bastian

Processing speed training and transfer effects across the adult lifespan: First findings from a multi‑site cognitive training study

10:40 Alice Reinhartz

Mechanisms of training-related change in processing speed: A drift-diffusion model approach

11:00 Sylvie Belleville

Cognitive training in aging: Impact on cognition and cognitive reserve, insight from brain imaging and real-world expansion 

11:40 Élisabeth Loranger

How do individual variables predict the effectiveness of processing speed training? Preliminary data

12:00 Light Lunch (RSVP required)

13:00 Tilo Strobach

Cognitive control and meta-control in dual-task coordination: Empirical findings from cognitive training research

13:40 Eleanor Hyde

Processing speed and multitasking in Counter-Strike players: A drift-diffusion model approach

14:00 Shuangke Jiang

Can processing speed training-induced changes in visual working memory be explained by a single model?

14:20 Hakan Atis

Does sustained attention explain the relation between working memory and fluid intelligence?

14:40 Fred Garvey

Working memory and fluid intelligence: Can the three embedded components explain their relationship?

15:00 Closing Remarks