Practice effects in healthy adults: A longitudinal study on frequent repetitive cognitive testing

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bartels, Claudia ^a   Wegrzyn, Martin ^a   Wiedl, Anne ^a   Ackermann, Verena ^a   Ehrenreich, Hannelore ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; AGED; AGING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956598120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-118     Document Type: Article

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