The effects of adaptive working memory training and mindfulness meditation training on processing efficiency and worry in high worriers

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-13

  Course Choi, Jenna ^a   Saville, Harry ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Working memory training; Worry

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; N-BACK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEDITATION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MINDFULNESS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994853610     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2016.11.002     Document Type: Article

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