The impact of cognitive training and mental stimulation on cognitive and everyday functioning of healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ME Kelly, D Loughrey, BA Lawlor, IH Robertson… - Ageing research …, 2014 - Elsevier
This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the impact of cognitive training and
general mental stimulation on the cognitive and everyday functioning of older adults without …

Computerized cognitive training with older adults: a systematic review

AM Kueider, JM Parisi, AL Gross, GW Rebok - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
A systematic review to examine the efficacy of computer-based cognitive interventions for
cognitively healthy older adults was conducted. Studies were included if they met the …

Making working memory work: a meta-analysis of executive-control and working memory training in older adults

J Karbach, P Verhaeghen - Psychological science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This meta-analysis examined the effects of process-based executive-function and working
memory training (49 articles, 61 independent samples) in older adults (> 60 years). The …

[HTML][HTML] Video games for well-being: A systematic review on the application of computer games for cognitive and emotional training in the adult population

F Pallavicini, A Ferrari, F Mantovani - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Although several excellent reviews and meta-analyses have investigated the
effect of video game trainings as tools to enhance well-being, most of them specifically …

Working memory and executive functions: effects of training on academic achievement

C Titz, J Karbach - Psychological research, 2014 - Springer
The aim of this review is to illustrate the role of working memory and executive functions for
scholastic achievement as an introduction to the question of whether and how working …

The more the better? A meta-analysis on effects of combined cognitive and physical intervention on cognition in healthy older adults

X Zhu, S Yin, M Lang, R He, J Li - Ageing Research Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Both cognitive intervention and physical exercise benefit cognitive function in older adults. It
has been suggested that combined cognitive and physical intervention may induce larger …

Hundred days of cognitive training enhance broad cognitive abilities in adulthood: Findings from the COGITO study

F Schmiedek, M Lövdén… - Frontiers in aging …, 2010 - frontiersin.org
We examined whether positive transfer of cognitive training, which so far has been observed
for individual tests only, also generalizes to cognitive abilities, thereby carrying greater …

Aging, training, and the brain: a review and future directions

C Lustig, P Shah, R Seidler, PA Reuter-Lorenz - Neuropsychology review, 2009 - Springer
As the population ages, the need for effective methods to maintain or even improve older
adults' cognitive performance becomes increasingly pressing. Here we provide a brief …

A cognitive training program based on principles of brain plasticity: results from the Improvement in Memory with Plasticity‐based Adaptive Cognitive Training …

GE Smith, P Housen, K Yaffe, R Ruff… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the efficacy of a novel brain plasticity–based computerized
cognitive training program in older adults and to evaluate the effect on untrained measures …

Transfer of learning after updating training mediated by the striatum

E Dahlin, AS Neely, A Larsson, L Bäckman, L Nyberg - Science, 2008 - science.org
Process-specific training can improve performance on untrained tasks, but the magnitude of
gain is variable and often there is no transfer at all. We demonstrate transfer to a 3-back test …