# Cognitive Abilities and Testing

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/cognitive-abilities-and-testing-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 1,257,765 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the effects of working memory training on cognitive abilities, including intelligence, and its relationship with genetic influences, socioeconomic status, and brain plasticity. It also investigates the impact of video game training on cognitive control and the role of twin studies in understanding these phenomena. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Psychology |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T11577 |
| Works | 66,641 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Eric S. Lander](https://scholariq.org/researchers/eric-s-lander/)
- [George Davey Smith](https://scholariq.org/researchers/george-davey-smith/)
- [Stacey Gabriel](https://scholariq.org/researchers/stacey-gabriel/)
- [Richard M. Ryan](https://scholariq.org/researchers/richard-m-ryan/)
- [Albert Bandura](https://scholariq.org/researchers/albert-bandura/)
- [Ronald C. Kessler](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ronald-c-kessler/)
- [Gonçalo R. Abecasis](https://scholariq.org/researchers/goncalo-r-abecasis/)
- [Luigi Ferrucci](https://scholariq.org/researchers/luigi-ferrucci/)
- [Ralph B. D’Agostino](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ralph-b-d-agostino/)
- [Cornelia M. van Duijn](https://scholariq.org/researchers/cornelia-m-van-duijn/)
- [André G. Uitterlinden](https://scholariq.org/researchers/andre-g-uitterlinden/)
- [Nicholas G. Martin](https://scholariq.org/researchers/nicholas-g-martin/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.