Reply: Effective Inhaler Training Is Critical

Is working memory training effective?

Working memory (WM) is a cognitive system that strongly relates to a person's ability to reason with novel information and direct attention to goal-relevant information. Due to the central role that WM plays in general cognition, it has become the focus of a rapidly growing training literature that seeks to affect broad cognitive change through prolonged training on WM tasks. Recent work has su...

Inhaler technique training and health-care professionals: effective long-term solution for a current problem.

INTRODUCTION The aims of this study were (1) to assess the ability of a range of health-care professionals (HCPs: specialists [physicians specializing in management of airways disease], general practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacist assistants, nurses, and respiratory therapists) in Jordan to demonstrate the correct use of some commonly used inhalers using standardized checklists, with highest ...

Psychological Bulletin Is Working Memory Training Effective?

When is Self-Training Effective for Parsing?

Self-training has been shown capable of improving on state-of-the-art parser performance (McClosky et al., 2006) despite the conventional wisdom on the matter and several studies to the contrary (Charniak, 1997; Steedman et al., 2003). However, it has remained unclear when and why selftraining is helpful. In this paper, we test four hypotheses (namely, presence of a phase transition, impact of ...

Is training effective for older workers?

Training older workers might benefit individuals, employers, and society as a whole. Research on learning in older adults indicates that they are able to acquire new skills. Studies on the effectiveness of training on the employability and productivity of older workers find positive effects. Training can avoid skill obsolescence and respond to the growing importance of technology-based occupati...