Transfer after working memory updating training

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Waris, Otto ^a   Soveri, Anna ^a   Laine, Matti ^a,b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b University of Turku Medisiina A   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINN (CITIZEN); HUMAN; N-BACK TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947761130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138734     Document Type: Article

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