Theoretical models of training and transfer effects

Cognitive Training: An Overview of Features and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 19-29

  Taatgen, Niels A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analogy; Brain training; Cognitive development; Cognitive model; Cognitive skills; Expertise; Far transfer; Identical elements; Near transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009686699     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42662-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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