Experimental investigation of training schedule on home-based working memory training in healthy older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The efficacy of working memory training (WMT) for cognitive enhancement in healthy older adults has been extensively investigated. Typically, WMT results in improved performance on the training task, but limited or no transfer of improvement to other cognitive tasks. Accordingly, there is a need to identify optimal intervention parameters to maximize training and transfer task effects of WMT. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of training schedule on training and transfer task performance of WMT in healthy older adults. A secondary aim was to examine the feasibility of participants performing the intervention online at home, unsupervised, and using their personal devices.

Methods

Participants (N = 71; mean age: 66 years) completed sixteen W

SUBMITTER: Booth SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10175577 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature