Does attention training work? A selective meta-analysis to explore the effects of attention training and moderators

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-87

  Peng, Peng ^a   Miller, Amanda C ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Age; Alerting; Attention training; Executive attention; Orienting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949434924     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2015.11.012     Document Type: Article

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