Training improves the capacity of visual working memory when it is adaptive, individualized, and targeted

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Shin, Eunsam ^a   Lee, Hunjae ^a   Yoo, Sang Ah ^a   Chong, Sang Chul ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY GATING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SENSORY GATING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84926433339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121702     Document Type: Article

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