A randomized controlled trial of brain training with non-action video games in older adults: Results of the 3-month follow-up

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Ballesteros, Soledad ^a   Mayas, Julia ^c   Prieto, Antonio ^a   Barrera, Pilar Toril ^a   González, Carmen Pita ^a   De León, Laura Ponce ^a   Reales, José Manuel ^a   Waterworth, John Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Clinical trial; Cognitive aging; Non action video games; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; RESPONSE TIME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WELLBEING; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84926395889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00045     Document Type: Article

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