Use it or Lose it? Wii Brain Exercise Practice and Reading for Domain Knowledge

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 753-766

  Ackerman, Phillip L ^a   Kanfer, Ruth ^a   Calderwood, Charles ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abilities; Aging; Cognitive exercises; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AGED; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; TEACHING; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 78650973552     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019277     Document Type: Article

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