Adaptive training leads to sustained enhancement of poor working memory in children

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Holmes, Joni ^a   Gathercole, Susan E ^b   Dunning, Darren L ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING;

EID: 67049088234     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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