Multi-modal fitness and cognitive training to enhance fluid intelligence

Intelligence

Volumn 66, Issue , 2018, Pages 32-43

  Daugherty, Ana M ^a   Zwilling, Christopher ^a   Paul, Erick J ^a   Sherepa, Nikolai ^a   Allen, Courtney ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^b,c   Hillman, Charles H ^b   Cohen, Neal J ^a   Barbey, Aron K ^a,d  

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

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Fitness; Latent modeling; Mindfulness; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034038255     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2017.11.001     Document Type: Article

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