Benefits of training working memory in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: Specific and transfer effects

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 617-626

  Carretti, Barbara ^a   Borella, Erika ^a   Fostinelli, Silvia ^a   Zavagnin, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

aMCI; maintenance effects; transfer effects; working memory training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY TRAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNESIA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874142783     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212002177     Document Type: Article

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