The influence of perceptual training on working memory in older adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Berry, Anne S ^a   Zanto, Theodore P ^a   Clapp, Wesley C ^a   Hardy, Joseph L ^b   Delahunt, Peter B ^b   Mahncke, Henry W ^b   Gazzaley, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Posit Science Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 77955379591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011537     Document Type: Article

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