cognitive training

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Indications

commercial adaptive cognitive training (Lumosity) appears to have no benefits in healthy young adults over those of standard video games for measures of brain activity, choice behavior, or cognitive performance^[1]
training beneficial when engagement or persistence rates > 60% or when adherence rates > 80%^[3]
greater persistence is needed for benefits in memory, visuospatial ability & reasoning for executive function, attention & language
greater persistence is also needed for elderly with normal cognition for beneficial training effecs vs elderly with cognitive impairment^[3]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kable JW, Caulfield MK, Falcone M et al No Effect of Commercial Cognitive Training on Neural Activity During Decision-Making. Journal of Neuroscience 10 July 2017, 2832-16 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28694338 <Internet> http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2017/07/10/JNEUROSCI.2832-16.2017
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Belleville S, Hudon C, Bier N et al. MEMO+: Efficacy, durability and effect of cognitive training and psychosocial intervention in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. J Am Geriatr Soc 2018 Apr; 66:655. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29313875
Kallio EL, Ohman H, Hietanen M et al. Effects of cognitive training on cognition and quality of life of older persons with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 2018 Apr; 66:664 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29345724
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Li Z, He H, Chen Y, et al. Effects of engagement, persistence and adherence on cognitive training outcomes in older adults with and without cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Age Ageing. 2024 Jan 2;53(1):afad247. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38266127