Distinct transfer effects of training different facets of working memory capacity

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-58

  Von Bastian, Claudia C ^a,b   Oberauer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Faculty of Psychology Distance Learning   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Mixed effects modeling; Transfer; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876744231     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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