Updating and working memory training: Immediate improvement, long-term maintenance, and generalisability to non-trained tasks

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-128

  Ang, Su Yin ^a   Lee, Kerry ^a   Cheam, Fiona ^b   Poon, Kenneth ^a   Koh, Juliana ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Math difficulties; Updating; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928760737     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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