The therapeutic potential of working memory training for treating mental disorders

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue september, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Ansari, Sharaf ^a  

^a Samsung R and D Institute   (India)

Author keywords

ADHD; Depression; Fluid intelligence; Schizophrenia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RUMINATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84941011888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00481     Document Type: Article

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