On the impact of computer cognitive training on working memory and fluid intelligence

Fostering Change in Institutions, Environments, and People: A festschrift in Honor of Gavriel Salomon

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-48

  Shavelson, Richard J ^a   Yuan, Kun ^a   Alonzo, Alicia C ^b   Klingberg, Torkel ^c   Andersson, Maria ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d CogMed ^*  (Sweden)

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EID: 84908957461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203868546     Document Type: Chapter

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