Game-based cognitive training for the aging brain

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Karbach, Julia ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84907210685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01100     Document Type: Article

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