Cogmed and working memory training-Current challenges and the search for underlying mechanisms

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-213

  Jaeggi, Susanne M ^a   Buschkuehl, Martin ^a,b   Jonides, John ^b   Shah, Priti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84866769870     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.07.002     Document Type: Note

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