Making Working Memory Work: A Meta-Analysis of Executive-Control and Working Memory Training in Older Adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2027-2037

  Karbach, Julia ^a   Verhaeghen, Paul ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive aging; cognitive plasticity; executive control training; meta analysis; transfer of training; working memory training

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84910614981     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614548725     Document Type: Article

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