The benefits of looking at intraindividual dynamics in cognitive training data

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Könen, Tanja ^a,b   Karbach, Julia ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Center for Research on Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluctuations; Intraindividual variability; Learning disabilities; Micro longitudinal; Training; Trajectories; Within person; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930934886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00615     Document Type: Article

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