Lanfer Sarah Susanne Lütke, Enge Sören, Melzer Marlen, Wegge Jürgen, Kliegel Matthias
Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Clinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
J Cogn Enhanc. 2022;6(3):295-315. doi: 10.1007/s41465-021-00237-0. Epub 2022 Jan 7.
The current study aimed at investigating feasibility of a self-administered task-switching training in a middle-aged working population. Eighty-one caregivers (41-62 years old) were instructed to train at home 8 times either within a 7- or 14-day interval. Only 56.7% performed more than 50% of the instructed number of training sessions. However, compliant caregivers (who completed more than 4 training sessions) showed significant training gains and transfer to an untrained task-switching task. Although transfer effects to other cognitive tasks were not found, trained participants tended to report fewer everyday memory failures than a control group. In conclusion, the implementation of a home-based task-switching training in everyday life of caregivers is possible. However, there is only limited evidence for generalization of results of previous laboratory studies. Adherence and transfer to other cognitive tasks are discussed as important challenges in conveying laboratory findings into real life.
本研究旨在调查在中年在职人群中进行自我管理的任务切换训练的可行性。81名护理人员（41 - 62岁）被指示在7天或14天的间隔内在家中进行8次训练。只有56.7%的人完成了超过50%的规定训练次数。然而，依从性好的护理人员（完成超过4次训练的人）显示出显著的训练效果，并能迁移到未训练的任务切换任务中。虽然未发现对其他认知任务的迁移效应，但与对照组相比，接受训练的参与者报告的日常记忆失误较少。总之，在护理人员的日常生活中实施基于家庭的任务切换训练是可行的。然而，仅有有限的证据支持先前实验室研究结果的推广。在将实验室研究结果应用于现实生活中时，依从性和对其他认知任务的迁移被认为是重要挑战。
