Inhibitory control gains from higher-order cognitive strategy training

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-62

  Motes, Michael A ^a   Gamino, Jacquelyn F ^a   Chapman, Sandra B ^a   Rao, Neena K ^a   Maguire, Mandy J ^a   Brier, Matthew R ^c   Kraut, Michael A ^d   Hart, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Cognitive strategy training; Comprehension; Executive function; Inhibition; Inhibitory control; Reasoning; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; COGNITION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 84888355802     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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