Functional brain activation associated with working memory training and transfer

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 334, Issue , 2017, Pages 34-49

  Clark, Cameron M ^a,b,c   Lawlor Savage, Linette ^b   Goghari, Vina M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Far transfer; Fluid intelligence; Fmri; Near transfer; Working memory; Working memory training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRANSFER OF LEARNING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 85026438466     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.07.030     Document Type: Article

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