Computerised working memory training in healthy adults: A comparison of two different training schedules

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 716-733

  Penner, Iris Katharina ^a   Vogt, Annamarie ^b   Stcklin, Markus ^a   Gschwind, Leo ^a   Opwis, Klaus ^a   Calabrese, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Cognitive rehabilitation; Computerised training; Training intensity; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866681853     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2012.686883     Document Type: Article

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