This book brings together a cutting edge international team of contributors to critically review the current knowledge regarding the effectiveness of training interventions designed to improve cognitive functions in different target populations. There is substantial evidence that cognitive and physical training can improve cognitive performance, but these benefits seem to vary as a function of the type and the intensity of interventions and the way training-induced gains are measured and analyzed. This book further fulfills the need for clarification of the mechanisms underlying cognitive and neural changes occurring after training.

Provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the art cognitive training research for students, scientists and practitioners

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Basic Concepts and Methodology.- Chapter 2. Methods and Designs.- Chapter 3. Theoretical Models of Training and Transfer Effects.- Part II: Plasticity in Different Age Groups.- Chapter 4. Childhood and Adolescence.- Chapter 5. Adult Lifespan.- Part III: Plasticity of Different Cognitive Domains.- Chapter 6. Working Memory.- Chapter 7. Episodic Memory.- Chapter 8. Prospective Memory.- Chapter 9. Executive Functions.- Part IV: Multidomain Trainings.- Chapter 10. Action Video-Game Training and Its Effects on Perception and Attentional Control.- Chapter 11. Video-Game Training and Effects on Executive Functions.- Chapter 12. Mindfulness and Meditation Training.- Chapter 13. Music Training.- Chapter 14. Physical Training.- Part V: Cognitive Training in Applied Contexts.- Chapter 15. Individual Difference and Motivational Effects.- Chapter 16. Educational Application of Working-Memory Training.- Chapter 17. Changes of Electrical Brain Activity After Cognitive Training.- Chapter 18. Cognitive Training in Mild Cognitive Impairment.- Part VI: Outlook.- Chapter 19. The Future of Cognitive Training.