Elderly online: Effects of a digital inclusion program in cognitive performance

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-219

  Ordonez, Tiago Nascimento ^a   Yassuda, Mônica Sanches ^a   Cachioni, Meire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognition; Digital inclusion; Education of the elderly; Older individuals; University of Third Age (U3A)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORKSHOP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79960095532     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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