Long-term effects of cognitive training on everyday functional outcomes in older adults

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2805-2814

  Willis, Sherry L ^a   Tennstedt, Sharon L ^b   Marsiske, Michael ^c   Ball, Karlene ^d   Elias, Jeffrey ^e   Koepke, Kathy Mann ^f   Morris, John N ^g   Rebok, George W ^h   Unverzagt, Frederick W ⁱ   Stoddard, Anne M ^b   Wright, Elizabeth ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^g Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAINING;

EID: 33845717310     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.23.2805     Document Type: Article

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