The mechanisms of far transfer from cognitive training: Review and hypothesis

Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 742-755

  Greenwood, Pamela M ^a   Parasuraman, Raja ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Cognitive training; Fluid intelligence; Interventions; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE TRAINING; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FIRING RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

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

EID: 84946854911     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000235     Document Type: Article

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