Neural effects of short-term training on working memory

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-160

  Buschkuehl, Martin ^a   Hernandez Garcia, Luis ^b   Jaeggi, Susanne M ^c   Bernard, Jessica A ^b,d   Jonides, John ^b  

^a MIND Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ASL; Cognitive training; Longitudinal fMRI; n back; Transfer

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897568891     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-013-0244-9     Document Type: Article

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