Speed of processing training results in lower risk of dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cognitive training improves cognitive performance and delays functional impairment, but its effects on dementia are not known. We examined whether three different types of cognitive training lowered the risk of dementia across 10 years of follow-up relative to control and if greater number of training sessions attended was associated with lower dementia risk.

Methods

The Advanced Cognitive Training in Vital Elderly (NCT00298558) study was a randomized controlled trial (N = 2802) among initially healthy older adults, which examined the efficacy of three cognitive training programs (memory, reasoning, or speed of processing) relative to a no-contact control condition. Up to 10 training sessions were delivered over 6 weeks with up to four sessions of booster traini

SUBMITTER: Edwards JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5700828 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature