Plasticity of executive control through task switching training in adolescents

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages

  Zinke, Katharina ^a   Einert, Manuela ^a   Pfennig, Lydia ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Executive control; Physical exercise; Plasticity; Sport; Task switching; Training; Transfer; Updating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 84859047247     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00041     Document Type: Article

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