The accelerate study: The longitudinal effect of speed of processing training on cognitive performance of older adults

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Vance, David ^a   Dawson, Jeffrey ^b   Wadley, Virginia ^c   Edwards, Jerri ^d   Roenker, Daniel ^e   Rizzo, Matthew ^f   Ball, Karlene ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Information processing; Internet training; Long term effect; Short term effect; Speed of processing; Training duration; UFOV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33847689420     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.52.1.89     Document Type: Article

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