Cognitive Training Game Versus Action Videogame: Effects on Cognitive Functions in Older Adults
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Cognitive training may improve targeted cognitive functions in older adults.
Participants 2802 older adults recruited from senior housing, community centres, clinics and driver’s licence registries. Mean age 73.6 years (range 65–94); 76% women; 73% white. Exclusion criteria were age under 65 years; not living independently; recent cognitive training; substantial cognitive decline; Alzheimer’s disease; medical conditions with increased risk of functional decline or death...
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عنوان ژورنال: Games for Health Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2161-783X,2161-7856
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2018.0010