Improving intelligence: A literature review

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 266-272

  Buschkuehl, Martin ^a   Jaeggi, Susanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Intelligence; Training; Transfer; Working memory

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77952400070     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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