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O4‐07‐04: Cognitive training in older adults
Author(s) -
Summers Jeffery J.,
Wolf Anna,
Elder Sarah,
Summers Mathew,
Limbrick Kelly,
Tyler Malcolm
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.05.507
Subject(s) - cognition , cognitive training , psychology , cognitive test , neuropsychology , normative , task (project management) , cognitive decline , cognitive skill , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , neuropsychological test , working memory , test (biology) , audiology , clinical psychology , medicine , dementia , psychiatry , paleontology , philosophy , management , disease , epistemology , pathology , economics , biology
Background: A question that has stimulated much recent interest in the field of cognitive ageing is whether providing older adults with specific training programs can slow or even reverse the cognitive decline associated with ageing. Previous research, however, has been hampered by methodological limitations and small effect sizes. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the long-term effects of a cognitive training program on measures of cognitive function and task-related neural activity in healthy, community dwelling older adults