Memory Training in the ACTIVE Study: How Much is Needed and Who Benefits?

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 21S-42S

  Rebok, George W ^a   Gross, Alden L ^a,c   Parisi, Jeanine M ^a   Spira, Adam P ^a   Kueider, Alexandra M ^a   Petras, Hanno ^a,e   Brandt, Jason ^a,f,g   Langbaum, Jessica B S ^b   Jones, Richard N ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BANNER ALZHEIMER S INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e JBS International Inc   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTIVE trial; aging; cognitive training; memory decline; memory training; training adherence

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRIAL; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COGNITIVE TRAINING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DECLINE; MEMORY TRAINING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAINING ADHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVE TRIAL; AGING; COGNITIVE TRAINING; MEMORY DECLINE; MEMORY TRAINING; TRAINING ADHERENCE;

AGED; AGING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897578100     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264312461937     Document Type: Article

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