scholarly journals The Effects of Home-Based Cognitive Training on Verbal Working Memory and Language Comprehension in Older Adulthood

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brennan R. Payne ◽  
Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Older Adulthood ◽  
Home Based

scholarly journals Adaptive working memory strategy training in early Alzheimer's disease: Randomised controlled trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 210 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Huntley ◽  
A. Hampshire ◽  
D. Bor ◽  
A. Owen ◽  
R. J. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Strategy Training ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Early Alzheimer’S Disease

BackgroundInterventions that improve cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease are urgently required.AimsTo assess whether a novel cognitive training paradigm based on ‘chunking’ improves working memory and general cognitive function, and is associated with reorganisation of functional activity in prefrontal and parietal cortices (trial registration: ISRCTN43007027).MethodThirty patients with mild Alzheimer's disease were randomly allocated to receive 18 sessions of 30 min of either adaptive chunking training or an active control intervention over approximately 8 weeks. Pre- and post-intervention functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans were also conducted.ResultsAdaptive chunking training led to significant improvements in verbal working memory and untrained clinical measures of general cognitive function. Further, fMRI revealed a bilateral reduction in task-related lateral prefrontal and parietal cortex activation in the training group compared with controls.ConclusionsChunking-based cognitive training is a simple and potentially scalable intervention to improve cognitive function in early Alzheimer's disease.

The Relationship Between Age, Verbal Working Memory, and Language Comprehension.

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 601-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayle DeDe ◽  
David Caplan ◽  
Karen Kemtes ◽  
Gloria Waters
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals A randomised exploratory investigation of the effects of Attention vs Working Memory Training on cognitive performance and everyday functioning following stroke

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polly V Peers ◽  
Duncan E Astle ◽  
John Duncan ◽  
Fionnuala Murphy ◽  
Adam Hampshire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Memory Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Waitlist Control Group

AbstractDifficulties with attention are common following stroke and are associated with poor outcome. Home-based online cognitive training may have to the potential to provide an efficient and effective way to improve attentional functions in such patients. Little work has been carried out to assess the efficacy of this approach in stroke patients, and the lack of studies with active control conditions and rigorous evaluations of cognitive functioning pre and post training means understanding is limited as to whether and how such interventions may be effective. Here we compare the effects of 20 days of active cognitive training using either novel Selective Attention Training (SAT) or commercial Working Memory Training (WMT) programme, versus a waitlist control group, on a wide range of attentional and working memory tasks, as well as on self-reported everyday functioning. We demonstrate separable effects of each of the active training conditions, with SAT leading to improvements in both spatial and non-spatial aspects of attention and WMT leading to improvements only on very closely related working memory tasks. Both training groups reported improvements in everyday functioning, which were associated with improvements in attentional functions, suggesting that improving attention may be of particular importance in maximising functional recovery in this patient group.

scholarly journals Home-Based, Adaptive Cognitive Training for Cognitively Normal Older adults: Initial Efficacy Trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 1144-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun Kyu Lee ◽  
James D Kent ◽  
Christopher Wendel ◽  
Fredric D Wolinsky ◽  
Eric D Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Test Battery ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Cognitively Normal ◽  
Neuropsychological Test Battery ◽  
Home Based

Abstract Objectives We examined whether a home-based, adaptive cognitive training (CT) program would lead to cognitive performance changes on a neuropsychological test battery in cognitively normal older adults. Method Sixty-eight older adults (age = 70.0, SD = 3.74) were randomly assigned to either CT or an active control group (AC, casual computer games). Participants were instructed to train on their assigned programs for 42 min per day, 5 days per week, over 10 weeks (35 hr of total program usage). Participants completed tests of processing speed, working memory, and executive control before and after 10 weeks of training. Results Training groups did not differ in performance before training. After training, CT participants out-performed AC participants in the overall cognitive composite score, driven by processing speed and working memory domains. Discussion Our results show that a limited dose of home-based CT can drive cognitive improvements as measured with neuropsychological test battery, suggesting potential cognitive health maintenance implications for cognitively normal older adults.

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