The Potential of a Relational Training Intervention to Improve Older Adults' Cognition.

ABSTRACT: Behavioral gerontology rarely focuses on improving older adults' cognitive function. This gap in the literature should be addressed, as our aging population means that greater numbers of older adults are experiencing cognitive decline and reduced functional independence. If cognitive training interventions are to be socially significant, they should target improvements in core executive functions (EFs) that are critical for everyday cognition and functioning independence. Evidence from the cognitive sciences suggests that a cognitive training intervention targeting "relational knowledge" and "cognitive flexibility," which are core EFs, could translate to improvements in cognition and functioning for older adults. Behavioral researchers, interested in the effects of relational training on c

SUBMITTER: Kelly ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7471216 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature