Effect of cognitive training targeting associative memory in the elderly: A small randomized trial and a longitudinal evaluation

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2252-2254

  Garcia Campuzano, Mari Tere ^a   Virues Ortega, Javier ^b   Smith, Steven ^c   Moussavi, Zahra ^a  

^a University of MmmmManitoba   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE TRAINING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRAINING; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84890478441     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12574     Document Type: Letter

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