Let's Play Cards: Multi-Component Cognitive Training With Social Engagement Enhances Executive Control in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive training and social engagement are two of the routes that potentially improve cognitive functions in older adults. The former targets specific functions so that an intervention can trigger the plasticity and efficiency of the underpinning neural systems, and the latter also provides an environment supportive of social and emotional needs. We investigated whether an integration of the two routes could enhance cognitive functions related to executive control, because no prior research has adopted a theory-driven approach to design a group-based cognitive training program for executive control. Forty-six healthy and active older adults living in community settings were randomly assigned to a group-based training program or a group-based active control program. Twenty-three volunteer

SUBMITTER: Kuo CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6291491 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature