Working memory training and transfer in older adults: Effects of age, baseline performance, and training gains

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 304-315

  Zinke, Katharina ^a   Zeintl, Melanie ^b   Rose, Nathan S ^c   Putzmann, Julia ^b   Pydde, Andrea ^b   Kliegel, Matthias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Fourth age; Plasticity; Third age; Training

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84891768465     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032982     Document Type: Article

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