Plasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.

<h4>Unlabelled</h4>A major goal of recent research in aging has been to examine cognitive plasticity in older adults and its capacity to counteract cognitive decline. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether older adults could benefit from brain training with video games i...

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Autores principales:	Julia Mayas, Fabrice B R Parmentier, Pilar Andrés, Soledad Ballesteros
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ad11348f8e7e473f9287a1281de35d4c2021-11-18T08:27:15ZPlasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0092269https://doaj.org/article/ad11348f8e7e473f9287a1281de35d4c2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24647551/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Unlabelled</h4>A major goal of recent research in aging has been to examine cognitive plasticity in older adults and its capacity to counteract cognitive decline. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether older adults could benefit from brain training with video games in a cross-modal oddball task designed to assess distraction and alertness. Twenty-seven healthy older adults participated in the study (15 in the experimental group, 12 in the control group. The experimental group received 20 1-hr video game training sessions using a commercially available brain-training package (Lumosity) involving problem solving, mental calculation, working memory and attention tasks. The control group did not practice this package and, instead, attended meetings with the other members of the study several times along the course of the study. Both groups were evaluated before and after the intervention using a cross-modal oddball task measuring alertness and distraction. The results showed a significant reduction of distraction and an increase of alertness in the experimental group and no variation in the control group. These results suggest neurocognitive plasticity in the old human brain as training enhanced cognitive performance on attentional functions.<h4>Trial registration</h4>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02007616.Julia MayasFabrice B R ParmentierPilar AndrésSoledad BallesterosPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 3, p e92269 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Julia Mayas Fabrice B R Parmentier Pilar Andrés Soledad Ballesteros Plasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.
description	<h4>Unlabelled</h4>A major goal of recent research in aging has been to examine cognitive plasticity in older adults and its capacity to counteract cognitive decline. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether older adults could benefit from brain training with video games in a cross-modal oddball task designed to assess distraction and alertness. Twenty-seven healthy older adults participated in the study (15 in the experimental group, 12 in the control group. The experimental group received 20 1-hr video game training sessions using a commercially available brain-training package (Lumosity) involving problem solving, mental calculation, working memory and attention tasks. The control group did not practice this package and, instead, attended meetings with the other members of the study several times along the course of the study. Both groups were evaluated before and after the intervention using a cross-modal oddball task measuring alertness and distraction. The results showed a significant reduction of distraction and an increase of alertness in the experimental group and no variation in the control group. These results suggest neurocognitive plasticity in the old human brain as training enhanced cognitive performance on attentional functions.<h4>Trial registration</h4>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02007616.
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title	Plasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.
title_short	Plasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.
title_full	Plasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.
title_fullStr	Plasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.
title_full_unstemmed	Plasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.
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Plasticity of attentional functions in older adults after non-action video game training: a randomized controlled trial.

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