scholarly journals Working memory training in older adults: COMT Val158Met modulates the transfer of benefits in a virtual reality working memory task

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (S10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnaud Boujut ◽  
Samira Mellah ◽  
Lynn Valeyry Verty ◽  
Samantha Maltezos ◽  
Maxime Lussier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Memory Training ◽  
Comt Val158met

scholarly journals No evidence for any effect of multiple sessions of frontal transcranial direct stimulation on mood in healthy older adults

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Freidle ◽  
Jonna Nilsson ◽  
Alexander V. Lebedev ◽  
Martin Lövdén
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Memory Training ◽  
Direct Stimulation ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Dorsolateral Prefrontal ◽  
Clinical Populations

The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is part of a network important for emotional regulation and the possibility of modulating activity in this region with transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) to change mood has gained great interest, particularly for application in clinical populations. Whilst results in major depressive disorder have been promising, less is known about the effects of TDCS on mood in non-clinical populations. We hypothesized that multiple sessions of anodal TDCS applied over the left DLPFC would enhance mood, primarily as measured by the Profile of Mode States questionnaire, in healthy older adults. In addition, in an exploratory analysis, we examined the potentially moderating role of working memory training. Working memory, just like emotional regulation, taxes the DLPFC, which suggests that engaging in a working memory task whilst receiving TDCS may have a different effect on activity in this region and consequently mood. A total of 123 participants between 65 and 75 years of age were randomly assigned to receive either 20 sessions of TDCS, with or without working memory training, or 20 sessions sham stimulation, with or without working memory training. We found no support for enhancement of mood due to TDCS in healthy older adults, with or without cognitive training.

Does Strategic Memory Training Improve the Working Memory Performance of Younger and Older Adults?

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Carretti ◽  
Erika Borella ◽  
Rossana De Beni
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Memory Training ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Strategic Training ◽  
Strategic Memory ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract. The paper examines the effect of strategic training on the performance of younger and older adults in an immediate list-recall and a working memory task. The experimental groups of younger and older adults received three sessions of memory training, teaching the use of mental images to improve the memorization of word lists. In contrast, the control groups were not instructed to use any particular strategy, but they were requested to carry out the memory exercises. The results showed that strategic training improved performance of both the younger and older experimental groups in the immediate list recall and in the working memory task. Of particular interest, the improvement in working memory performance of the older experimental group was comparable to that of the younger experimental group.

Working memory training in older adults: Evidence of transfer and maintenance effects.

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Borella ◽  
Barbara Carretti ◽  
Francesco Riboldi ◽  
Rossana De Beni
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Memory Training

scholarly journals Working memory training does not enhance older adults' cognitive skills: A comprehensive meta-analysis

Intelligence ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 101386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Sala ◽  
N. Deniz Aksayli ◽  
K. Semir Tatlidil ◽  
Yasuyuki Gondo ◽  
Fernand Gobet
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Memory Training

scholarly journals Reviewing working memory training gains in healthy older adults: A meta-analytic review of transfer for cognitive outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 163-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana C. Teixeira-Santos ◽  
Célia S. Moreira ◽  
Rosana Magalhães ◽  
Carina Magalhães ◽  
Diana R. Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Outcomes ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Memory Training ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Analytic Review

Working Memory Training for Older Adults After Major Surgery: Benefits to Cognitive and Emotional Functioning

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1219-1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Carbone ◽  
Elena Vianello ◽  
Barbara Carretti ◽  
Erika Borella
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotional Functioning ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Major Surgery ◽  
Memory Training

Verbal working memory training in older adults: an investigation of dose response

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Schimidt Brum ◽  
Erika Borella ◽  
Barbara Carretti ◽  
Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Dose Response ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Memory Training

Working memory training improvements and gains in non-trained cognitive tasks in young and older adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Heinzel ◽  
Stefanie Schulte ◽  
Johanna Onken ◽  
Quynh-Lam Duong ◽  
Thomas G. Riemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Cognitive Tasks ◽  
Memory Training
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