{"id":183,"date":"2020-03-20T00:29:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T04:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janplass.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2020-03-23T11:16:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:16:58","slug":"crushstations-a-game-to-train-working-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/janplass.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/20\/crushstations-a-game-to-train-working-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"CrushStations, a Game to Train Working Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"http:\/\/janplass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image002.png\" alt=\"CrushStations, a Game to Train Working Memory\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/janplass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image002.png 230w, http:\/\/janplass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image002-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>CrushStations<\/strong> is a game designed to train working memory, a subskill of executive functions. Updating involves holding information in mind and mentally working with it to solve a problem.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In this game, players need to save sea creatures that vary in type and color from a hungry octopus. Children free the creatures by identifying the type of creature and its color when it passes behind an opaque bubble. To do this requires children to hold in mind the features of the creatures, which requires <em>working memory<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download for free: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/crushstations\/id1475914154\">AppStore<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.CREATELab.CrushStation\">Google Play<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All You Can ET is part of <strong>SMART Suite<\/strong>, a set of games to train executive functions (also including <a href=\"http:\/\/janplass.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/19\/all-you-can-et-a-game-to-train-cognitive-flexibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"All You Can ET (opens in a new tab)\">All You Can ET<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/janplass.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/20\/gwakkamole-a-game-to-train-inhibitory-control\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gwakkamole<\/a>) that has been developed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/create.nyu.edu\">CREATE lab<\/a>  at New York University in collaboration with researchers from the  University of California, Santa Barbara and The Graduate Center, CUNY.  Published, peer-reviewed research with hundreds of students has  validated the efficacy of SMART Suite for training executive functions  (see bibliography), including the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/janplass.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/22\/handbook-of-game-based-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\">Handbook of Game-Based Learning<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CrushStations is a game designed to train working memory, a subskill of executive functions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[19,20,28],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-research","tag-brain-training","tag-executive-functions","tag-working-memory"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CrushStations, a Game to Train Working Memory - Gedankenspiele<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CrushStations is a game designed to train working memory, a subskill of executive functions. 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