School based working memory training: Preliminary finding of improvement in children's mathematical performance

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-15

  Witt, Marcus ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

central executive; children; mathematics; training; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855916256     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0083-3     Document Type: Article

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