Plasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.

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A major goal of recent research in aging has been to examine cognitive plasticity in older adults and its capacity to counteract cognitive decline. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether older adults could benefit from brain training with video games in a cross-modal oddball task designed to assess distraction and alertness. Twenty-seven healthy older adults participated in the study (15 in the experimental group, 12 in the control group. The experimental group received 20 1-hr video game training sessions using a commercially available brain-training package (Lumosity) involving problem solving, mental calculation, working memory and attention tasks. The control group did not practice this package and, instead, attended meetings with the other members o

SUBMITTER: Mayas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3960226 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature