Brains and Brawn: Complex motor activities to maximize cognitive enhancement

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 475-482

  Moreau, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cognitive enhancement; Cognitive training; Complex motor learning; Education; Embodied cognition; Integrated interventions; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943352975     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-015-9323-5     Document Type: Note

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