Benefits in tasks related to everyday life competences after a working memory training in older adults

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• 作者：Alessandra Cantarella ; Erika Borella ; Barbara Carretti ; Matthias Kliegel and Rossana de Beni
• 刊名：International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：32
• 期：1
• 页码：86-93
• 全文大小：303K
• ISSN：1099-1166

文摘

The impact of working memory (WM) training on everyday life functioning has rarely been examined, and it is not clear whether WM training gains are transferred to reasoning abilities. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a verbal WM training in older adults, in terms of specific gains and transfer effects to everyday life and reasoning abilities.