Journal article
Online cognitive training in healthy older adults: A preliminary study on the effects of single versus multi-domain training
CC Walton, A Kavanagh, LA Downey, J Lomas, DA Camfield, C Stough
Translational Neuroscience | Published : 2015
Abstract
It has been argued that cognitive training may be effective in improving cognitive performance in healthy older adults. However, inappropriate active control groups often hinder the validity of these claims. Additionally there are relatively few independent empirical studies on popular commercially available cognitive training programs. The current research extends on previous work to explore cognitive training employing a more robust control group. Twenty-eight healthy older adults (age: M = 64.18, SD = 6.9) completed either a multi-faceted online computerised cognitive training program or trained on a simple reaction time task for 20 minutes a day over a 28 day period. Both groups signific..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Dr Luke Downey is supported by an NH&MRC (APP1054279) biomedical fellowship. This study was supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery grant to Professor Con Stough (DP1093825). We thank the participants of this study. Conflicts of interest statement: The program MyBrainTrainer was given to the researchers free of charge. However, those associated with this commercial program were not involved at any stage of the project including study design, analysis of results, or decision to publish.