Working memory training and interpreting interactions in intelligence interventions

Intelligence

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-20

  Redick, Thomas S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Training; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923037431     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.01.014     Document Type: Review

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