Training cognitive control in older adults with the space fortress game: The role of training instructions and basic motor ability

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2010, Pages

  Blumen, Helena M ^a   Gopher, Daniel ^b   Steinerman, Joshua R ^c   Stern, Yaakov ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Cognitive interventions; Cognitive training; Emphasis change; Motor control; Space fortress game

Indexed keywords

EID: 84655170400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00145     Document Type: Article

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