Benefits of training visuospatial working memory in young-old and old-old

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 714-727

  Borella, Erika ^a   Carretti, Barbara ^a   Cantarella, Alessandra ^a   Riboldi, Francesco ^a   Zavagnin, Michela ^a   De Beni, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Transfer and maintenance effects; Working memory training

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEACHING; VERY ELDERLY; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SERIAL LEARNING; TEACHING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84895146062     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034293     Document Type: Article

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