RT Journal Article
T1 Efficacy of Cognitive Training in Older Adults with and without Subjective Cognitive Decline Is Associated with Inhibition Efficiency and Working Memory Span, Not with Cognitive Reserve
A1 López Sánchez, Ramón
A1 Martín Aragoneses, María Teresa
A1 Rubio Valdehita, Susana
A1 Delgado Losada, María Luisa
A1 Montejo, Pedro
A1 Montenegro Peña, María Mercedes
A1 Prados Atienza, José María
A1 De Frutos Lucas, Jaisalmer
A1 López Sanz, David
AB The present study explores the role of cognitive reserve, executive functions, and working memory (WM) span, as factors that might explain training outcomes in cognitive status. Eighty-one older adults voluntarily participated in the study, classified either as older adults with subjective cognitive decline or cognitively intact. Each participant underwent a neuropsychological assessment that was conducted both at baseline (entailing cognitive reserve, executive functions, WM span and depressive symptomatology measures, as well as the Mini-Mental State Exam regarding initial cognitive status), and then 6 months later, once each participant had completed the training program (Mini-Mental State Exam at the endpoint). With respect to cognitive status the training program was most beneficial for subjective cognitive decline participants with low efficiency in inhibition at baseline (explaining a 33% of Mini-Mental State Exam total variance), whereas for cognitively intact participants training gains were observed for those who presented lower WM span.
PB Frontiers
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102129
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102129
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
NO Fundación La Caixa
NO Fondos FEDER
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 jul 2024