Minding the aging brain: Technology-enabled cognitive training for healthy elders

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 374-380

  Steinerman, Joshua R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging technology; Behavioral interventions; Brain; Clinical trials; Cognitive aging; Cognitive enhancement; Cognitive enrichment; Cognitive neuroscience; Cognitive reserve; Cognitive training; Control processes; Enabling technology; Executive control; Fitness; Healthy aging; Memory training; Neurotechnology; Positive cognition; Prevention; Technology trials

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COGNITIVE TRAINING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR COORDINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECREATION; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 77956274683     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-010-0124-4     Document Type: Review

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