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Efficiency and capacity mechanisms can coexist in cognitive training

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  1. Department of Psychology and Center for Place-Based Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

    Da-Wei Zhang

  2. Department of Psychology, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia

    Da-Wei Zhang

  3. Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Bruno Sauce

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Zhang, DW., Sauce, B. Efficiency and capacity mechanisms can coexist in cognitive training. Nat Rev Psychol 2, 127 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00146-9

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