Beneficial effects of reading aloud and solving simple arithmetic calculations (learning therapy) on a wide range of cognitive functions in the healthy elderly: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nouchi, Rui ^a,b   Taki, Yasuyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Hikaru ^a   Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Nozawa, Takayuki ^a   Sekiguchi, Atsushi ^a   Nouchi, Haruka ^a   Kawashima, Ryuta ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALCULATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STROOP TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; READING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84859414287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-32     Document Type: Article

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