Online cognitive training in healthy older adults: A preliminary study on the effects of single versus multi-domain training

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-19

  Walton, Courtney C ^a,b   Kavanagh, Alexandra ^a,c   Downey, Luke A ^a,d   Lomas, Justine ^a   Camfield, David A ^a,e   Stough, Con ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Dementia; Healthy older adults; Processing speed; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICISM; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE COGNITIVE TRAINING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRAINING; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84928551358     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/tnsci-2015-0003     Document Type: Article

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