dc.contributor.author | ROBERTSON, IAN | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-09T12:56:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-01-09T12:56:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2013 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | McAvinue,Laura P. L.P., Golemme,Mara M., Castorina,Marco M., Tatti,Elisa E., Pigni,Francesca M. F.M., Salomone,Simona S., Brennan,Sabina S., Robertson,Ian Han I.H., An evaluation of a working memory training scheme in older adults, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 5, MAY, 2013 | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/72973 | |
dc.description | PUBLISHED | en |
dc.description.abstract | Working memory is a cognitive process that is particularly vulnerable to decline with age. The current study sought to evaluate the efficacy of a working memory training scheme in improving memory in a group of older adults. A 5-week online training scheme was designed to provide training in the main components of Baddeley's (2000) working memory model, namely auditory and visuospatial short-term and working memory. A group of older adults aged between 64 and 79 were randomly assigned to a trainee (n = 19) or control (n = 17) group, with trainees engaging in the adaptive training scheme and controls engaging in a non-adaptive version of the program. Before and after training and at 3- and 6-month follow-up sessions, trainees and controls were asked to complete measures of short-term and working memory, long-term episodic memory, subjective ratings of memory, and attention and achievement of goals set at the beginning of training. The results provided evidence of an expansion of auditory short-term memory span, which was maintained 6 months later, and transfer to long-term episodic memory but no evidence of improvement in working memory capacity per se. A serendipitous and intriguing finding of a relationship between time spent training, psychological stress, and training gains provided further insight into individual differences in training gains in older adults. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 5 | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | MAY | en |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.subject | working memory | en |
dc.title | An evaluation of a working memory training scheme in older adults | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/abdallm | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/iroberts | en |
dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 98305 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2013.00020 | en |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |