Influence of neuroticism and conscientiousness on working memory training outcome

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-49

  Studer Luethi, Barbara ^a   Jaeggi, Susanne M ^b   Buschkuehl, Martin ^b,c   Perrig, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Conscientiousness; Neuroticism; Task demand; Transfer; Working memory training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859905886     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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