Training and plasticity of working memory

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 317-324

  Klingberg, Torkel ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN ACTIVITY; COGNITIVE TASK; LIMITING FACTORS; TRAINING EFFECTS; WORKING MEMORIES;

FUZZY CONTROL; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLASTICITY;

BRAIN;

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR;

BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOLOGY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TEACHING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77954028196     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.05.002     Document Type: Review

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