Cognitive plasticity in older adults: Effects of cognitive training and physical exercise

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1337, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Bherer, Louis ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Cognitive plasticity; Cognitive training; Exercise; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STRETCHING EXERCISE; WORKING MEMORY; AGED; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMENTIA; MUSIC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84924614661     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12682     Document Type: Article

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