Stuck in the mud: Time for change in the implementation of cognitive training research in ageing?

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Walton, Courtney C ^a   Mowszowski, Loren ^a   Lewis, Simon J G ^a   Naismith, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive remediation; Cognitive training; Dementia; Healthy brain ageing; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84898030037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00043     Document Type: Article

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