Working memory training in late adulthood : A behavioral and brain perspective

• This chapter provides an overview of the efforts that have been undertaken to ameliorate decline in cognitive functions in healthy older adults through practice and training with a particular focus on working memory and its processes. A wealth of evidence has shown that aging is associated with decline in various cognitive abilities. For decades, cognitive aging research has focused on explaining age-related cognitive decline with less emphasis on how to support the aging mind and brain. It has not been until quite recently that more focused attempts to train working memory have become the very topic of cognitive training for both young and old adults. The dual-task training protocol used in this research has varied slightly between studies but generally consists of two tasks performed concurrently such as a tracing task combined with an alphabet-arithmetic task or letter discrimination combined with tone discrimination.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Neurovetenskaper (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Neurosciences (hsv//eng)

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SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

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