Cognitive training and plasticity: Theoretical perspective and methodological consequences

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 375-389

  Willis, Sherry L ^a   Schaie, K Warner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70350495626     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2009-0527     Document Type: Review

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