Preliminary evidence for the feasibility of athome online cognitive training with older adults

Gerontechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-35

  Gigle, Kathryn L ^a   Blomeke, Kelsey ^b   Shatil, Evelyn ^c   Weintraub, Sandra ^d   Reber, Paul J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c CogniFit Research ^*  (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Human factors; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888097262     PISSN: 15691101     EISSN: 1569111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4017/gt.2013.12.1.007.00     Document Type: Article

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