Dual n-back in older people
Has anyone studied the n-back test in people other than young, healthy people? I would be very curious to see people with various types of dementia performing n-back tests, and pre dementia older adults. I hypothesize that the n-back test can slow down the eventual cognitive decline we all face.
I'd really appreciate links to any relevant studies other than this: http://www.pnas.org/content/105/19/6829.full
Thanks.
I'd really appreciate links to any relevant studies other than this: http://www.pnas.org/content/105/19/6829.full
Thanks.
kevin | 3 years ago
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Psychol Aging. 2008 Dec;23(4):720-30.Click here to read Links
Plasticity of executive functioning in young and older adults: immediate training gains, transfer, and long-term maintenance.
Dahlin E, Nyberg L, Bäckman L, Neely AS.
Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. erika.dahlin@physiol.umu.se
The authors investigated immediate training gains, transfer effects, and 18-month maintenance after 5 weeks of computer-based training in updating of information in working memory in young and older subjects. Trained young and older adults improved significantly more than controls on the criterion task (letter memory), and these gains were maintained 18 months later. Transfer effects were in general limited and restricted to the young participants, who showed transfer to an untrained task that required updating (3-back). The findings demonstrate substantial and durable plasticity of executive functioning across adulthood and old age, although there appear to be age-related constraints in the ability to generalize the acquired updating skill. Copyright (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved.
you are probably right
and there is far more than just training capable of maintaining cognitive functioning throughout aging
Plasticity of executive functioning in young and older adults: immediate training gains, transfer, and long-term maintenance.
Dahlin E, Nyberg L, Bäckman L, Neely AS.
Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. erika.dahlin@physiol.umu.se
The authors investigated immediate training gains, transfer effects, and 18-month maintenance after 5 weeks of computer-based training in updating of information in working memory in young and older subjects. Trained young and older adults improved significantly more than controls on the criterion task (letter memory), and these gains were maintained 18 months later. Transfer effects were in general limited and restricted to the young participants, who showed transfer to an untrained task that required updating (3-back). The findings demonstrate substantial and durable plasticity of executive functioning across adulthood and old age, although there appear to be age-related constraints in the ability to generalize the acquired updating skill. Copyright (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved.
you are probably right
and there is far more than just training capable of maintaining cognitive functioning throughout aging
medicalstudent | 3 years ago
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