Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training
It has been widely observed that cognitive training can enhance the working memory capacity (WMC) of participants, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unexplained. Previous research has confirmed that abacus-based mental calculation (AMC) training can enhance the WMC of subjects and suggested its p...
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| description | It has been widely observed that cognitive training can enhance the working memory capacity (WMC) of participants, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unexplained. Previous research has confirmed that abacus-based mental calculation (AMC) training can enhance the WMC of subjects and suggested its possible association with changes in functional connectivity. With fMRI data, we construct whole brain resting state connectivity of subjects who underwent long-term AMC training and other subjects from a control group. Their working memory capacity is simulated based on their whole brain resting state connectivity and reservoir computing. It is found that the AMC group has higher WMC than the control group, and especially the WMC involved in the frontoparietal network (FPN), visual network (VIS) and sensorimotor network (SMN) associated with the AMC training is even higher in the AMC group. However, the advantage of the AMC group disappears if the connection strengths between brain regions are neglected. The effects on WMC from the connection strength differences between the AMC and control groups are evaluated. The results show that the WMC of the control group is enhanced and achieved consistency with or even better than that the AMC group if the connection strength of the control group are weakened. And the advantage of FPN, VIS and SMN is reproduced too. In conclusion, our work reveals a correlation between reduction in functional connection strength and enhancements in the WMC of subjects undergoing cognitive training. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-057797e9471b46d6b61a8c5ad0b4b0be2025-02-06T05:11:10ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722025-03-01308121055Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive trainingGuiyang Lv0Tianyong Xu1Jinhang Li2Ping Zhu3Feiyan Chen4Dongping Yang5Guoguang He6School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China; Institute of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, ChinaSchool of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, ChinaSchool of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, ChinaSchool of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, ChinaSchool of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, ChinaResearch Center for Augmented Intelligence, Research Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, 311100, ChinaSchool of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China; Corresponding author.It has been widely observed that cognitive training can enhance the working memory capacity (WMC) of participants, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unexplained. Previous research has confirmed that abacus-based mental calculation (AMC) training can enhance the WMC of subjects and suggested its possible association with changes in functional connectivity. With fMRI data, we construct whole brain resting state connectivity of subjects who underwent long-term AMC training and other subjects from a control group. Their working memory capacity is simulated based on their whole brain resting state connectivity and reservoir computing. It is found that the AMC group has higher WMC than the control group, and especially the WMC involved in the frontoparietal network (FPN), visual network (VIS) and sensorimotor network (SMN) associated with the AMC training is even higher in the AMC group. However, the advantage of the AMC group disappears if the connection strengths between brain regions are neglected. The effects on WMC from the connection strength differences between the AMC and control groups are evaluated. The results show that the WMC of the control group is enhanced and achieved consistency with or even better than that the AMC group if the connection strength of the control group are weakened. And the advantage of FPN, VIS and SMN is reproduced too. In conclusion, our work reveals a correlation between reduction in functional connection strength and enhancements in the WMC of subjects undergoing cognitive training.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811925000576Working memory capacityCognitive trainingWhole brain resting state connectivityReservoir computing |
| spellingShingle | Guiyang Lv Tianyong Xu Jinhang Li Ping Zhu Feiyan Chen Dongping Yang Guoguang He Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training NeuroImage Working memory capacity Cognitive training Whole brain resting state connectivity Reservoir computing |
| title | Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training |
| title_full | Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training |
| title_fullStr | Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training |
| title_short | Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training |
| title_sort | reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training |
| topic | Working memory capacity Cognitive training Whole brain resting state connectivity Reservoir computing |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811925000576 |
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