Is working memory training effective? A study in a school setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Rode, Catrin ^a   Robson, Robby ^b   Purviance, Andy ^b   Geary, David C ^c   Mayr, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Eduworks ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL; SKILL RETENTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDY SKILLS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY TRAINING; COGNITION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84929938595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104796     Document Type: Article

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