Enhanced Learning through Multimodal Training: Evidence from a Comprehensive Cognitive, Physical Fitness, and Neuroscience Intervention

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ward, N ^a,b   Paul, E ^a   Watson, P ^a   Cooke, G E ^a   Hillman, C H ^a,d   Cohen, N J ^a   Kramer, A F ^a   Barbey, A K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSCIENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; COGNITION; FITNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROSCIENCES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85025122706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06237-5     Document Type: Article

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