Can training enhance face cognition abilities in middle- aged adults?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Dolzycka, Dominika ^a   Herzmann, Grit ^b   Sommer, Werner ^a   Wilhelm, Oliver ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898469329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090249     Document Type: Article

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