2016
Cognitive Priming and Cognitive Training: Immediate and Far Transfer to Academic Skills in Children
Wexler BE, Iseli M, Leon S, Zaggle W, Rush C, Goodman A, Esat Imal A, Bo E. Cognitive Priming and Cognitive Training: Immediate and Far Transfer to Academic Skills in Children. Scientific Reports 2016, 6: 32859. PMID: 27615029, PMCID: PMC5018694, DOI: 10.1038/srep32859.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive primingBrain trainingBrain training gamesSecond-grade childrenCognitive trainingCognitive operationsFar transferTraining gamesAcademic skillsAcademic achievementNeural systemsAchievement testTraining sessionsNeuroplastic potentialEnvironmental inputsPrimingTrainingInter-neuronal connectionsChildrenGameStudy sampleSkillsImmediate effectsControl classLearning
1998
Cortical Dysfunction in Schizophrenia During Auditory Word and Tone Working Memory Demonstrated by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Stevens AA, Goldman-Rakic PS, Gore JC, Fulbright RK, Wexler BE. Cortical Dysfunction in Schizophrenia During Auditory Word and Tone Working Memory Demonstrated by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. JAMA Psychiatry 1998, 55: 1097-1103. PMID: 9862553, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.12.1097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerial position taskFunctional magnetic resonance imagingInferior frontal gyrusPosition taskMemory deficitsFrontal gyrusLeft inferior frontal gyrusAnterior temporal lobe areasTask-specific activationFunctional magnetic resonanceSpeech-related areasCortical hemodynamic responsesTemporal lobe areasSevere cognitive deficitsAuditory wordsWorking memoryVerbal learningNeural basisSuch deficitsCognitive deficitsCognitive functionParietal lobeLobe areasMagnetic resonance imagingCognitive dysfunctionWord and Tone Working Memory Deficits in Schizophrenia
Wexler BE, Stevens AA, Bowers AA, Sernyak MJ, Goldman-Rakic PS. Word and Tone Working Memory Deficits in Schizophrenia. JAMA Psychiatry 1998, 55: 1093-1096. PMID: 9862552, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.12.1093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory testNonverbal testsVerbal testsMemory deficitsSerial position taskTests of perceptionAuditory memory testVerbal memory deficitsWorking Memory DeficitsImmediate recall taskSignificant performance deficitsRecall taskVerbal memoryPerceptual functionsSustained attentionDiscrimination taskPitch discriminationSelective deficitNormal motivationPerformance deficitsPosition taskMemory testingCognitive functionMedicated outpatientsInformation processing
1990
Within-modal and cross-modal consistency in the direction and magnitude of perceptual asymmetry
Wexler B, King G. Within-modal and cross-modal consistency in the direction and magnitude of perceptual asymmetry. Neuropsychologia 1990, 28: 71-80. PMID: 2314565, DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(90)90087-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research