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Is Working Memory Training Effective? A Meta-Analytic Review

Overview of attention for article published in Developmental Psychology, January 2013
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#33 of 4,856)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (98th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Is Working Memory Training Effective? A Meta-Analytic Review
Published in
Developmental Psychology, January 2013
DOI 10.1037/a0028228
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 31 1%
United Kingdom 12 <1%
Sweden 9 <1%
Netherlands 9 <1%
Germany 7 <1%
Switzerland 5 <1%
Poland 4 <1%
Spain 4 <1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 4 <1%
Other 33 1%
Unknown 2289 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 434 18%
Student > Master 347 14%
Student > Bachelor 300 12%
Researcher 298 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 173 7%
Other 431 18%
Unknown 424 18%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 1146 48%
Social Sciences 176 7%
Neuroscience 137 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 97 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 53 2%
Other 272 11%
Unknown 526 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 378. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 October 2026.
All research outputs
#104,853
of 34,675,792 outputs
Outputs from Developmental Psychology
#33
of 4,856 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#521
of 350,698 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Developmental Psychology
#2
of 120 outputs
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