Investigating the effectiveness of working memory training in the context of Personality Systems Interaction theory

Psychological Research

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 877-888

  Urbánek, Tomáš ^a   Marček, Vladimír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84937952982     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-015-0687-4     Document Type: Article

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