RT Journal Article
T1 Factors explaining language performance after training in elders with and without subjective cognitive decline
A1 López Sánchez, Ramón
A1 Prados Atienza, José María
A1 Rubio Valdehita, Susana
A1 Rodríguez Rojo, Inmaculada Concepción
A1 De Frutos Lucas, Jaisalmer
A1 Montenegro Peña, María Mercedes
A1 Montejo, Pedro
A1 Prada Crespo, David
A1 Delgado Losada, María Luisa
AB The present study explores if cognitive reserve, executive functions, and working memory capacity are predictive of performance in the language domain (specifically in sentence comprehension and naming) after a cognitive training intervention. Sixty six Spanish older adults voluntarily participated in the study, classified either as older adults with subjective cognitive decline according to Jessen et al.’s (2014) criteria (n = 35; 70.94 +/- 4.16 years old) or cognitively intact (n = 31; 71.34 +/- 4.96 years old). Written sentence comprehension and visual confrontation naming were assessed both immediately after recruitment (at the baseline), and then 6 months later, once each participant had completed his/her cognitive training (a well-known program in Spain, called UMAM; English translation: Madrid City Council Memory Unit Program). Cognitive reserve, executive functions (cognitive flexibility and controlled interference efficiency), and working memory capacity were measured for all participants at the baseline. Results pointed out that the subjective cognitive decline group presented greater benefits in the language domain than cognitively intact participants. We also observed that lower executive functioning and working memory capacity at the baseline predicted larger benefits in language performance after training, but only in the group of cognitively intact older adults. However, selected predictors hardly explained subjective cognitive decline participants’ results in language performance after training.
PB Frontiers
SN 1663-4365
YR 2018
FD 2018-09-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102219
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102219
LA eng
NO López-Higes R, Prados JM, Rubio-Valdehita S, Rodríguez-Rojo I, de Frutos-Lucas J, Montenegro M, Montejo P, Prada D and Losada MLD (2018) Factors Explaining Language Performance After Training in Elders With and Without Subjective Cognitive Decline. Front. Aging Neurosci. 10:264.
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
NO Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes (España)
NO Fundación La Caixa
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025