Cognitive and structural predictors of novel task learning, and contextual predictors of time series of daily task performance during the learning period.

ABSTRACT: Investigation into methods of addressing cognitive loss exhibited later in life is of paramount importance to the field of cognitive aging. The field continues to make significant strides in designing efficacious cognitive interventions to mitigate cognitive decline, and the very act of learning a demanding task has been implicated as a potential mechanism of augmenting cognition in both the field of cognitive intervention and studies of cognitive reserve. The present study examines individual-level predictors of complex skill learning and day-to-day performance on a gamified working memory updating task, the BirdWatch Game, intended for use as a cognitive intervention tool in older adults. A measure of verbal episodic memory and the volume of a brain region involved in verbal working memo

SUBMITTER: Smith ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9540228 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature