Trial reportJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2011
Cognitive training changes hippocampal function in mild cognitive impairment: a pilot study.
Trial report in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 86 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
COGTIPS (COGnitive Training In Parkinson Study): The Effect of Online Cognitive Training on Cognition and Brain Networks in Parkinson's Disease
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Who cites it
86 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cognitive training in neurological disorders: meta-analytic evidence for behavioral gains and neural correlates.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2026Pooled it
- Neurobiological effects of music-making interventions for older adults: a systematic review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of computer-based interventions for community-dwelling people with cognitive decline: a systematic review with meta-analyses.BMC geriatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of online-based cognitive intervention in community-dwelling older adults with cognitive dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Computerised cognitive training for 12 or more weeks for maintaining cognitive function in cognitively healthy people in late life.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of computerised cognitive training on cognitive outcomes in mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
- Computerised cognitive training for maintaining cognitive function in cognitively healthy people in late life.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Computerised cognitive training for preventing dementia in people with mild cognitive impairment.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Computerised cognitive training for maintaining cognitive function in cognitively healthy people in midlife.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Technology-based cognitive training and rehabilitation interventions for individuals with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2018Pooled it
- Neurophysiologic and Cognitive Changes Arising from Cognitive Training Interventions in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review.Neural plasticity · 2018Pooled it
- Cognitive Interventions for Cognitively Healthy, Mildly Impaired, and Mixed Samples of Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized-Controlled Trials.Neuropsychology review · 2017Pooled it
- The Efficacy of Cognitive Intervention in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): a Meta-Analysis of Outcomes on Neuropsychological Measures.Neuropsychology review · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of computerized cognitive training on neuroimaging outcomes in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2017Pooled it
- Enhancing Cognitive Functioning in Healthly Older Adults: a Systematic Review of the Clinical Significance of Commercially Available Computerized Cognitive Training in Preventing Cognitive Decline.Neuropsychology review · 2017Pooled it
- Systematic review of strengths and limitations of randomized controlled trials for non-pharmacological interventions in mild cognitive impairment: focus on Alzheimer's disease.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2015Pooled it
- Does Dosage Drive Durability? A Longitudinal Study on Digital Cognitive Training for Sustained Functional Independence.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Trial
- Digital cognitive training for functionality in mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled clinical trial.GeroScience · 2025Trial
- Structural and Functional Projections of the Nucleus Basalis of Meynert and Their Changes After Cognitive Training in Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Trial
- Long-term cognitive training enhances fluid cognition and brain connectivity in individuals with MCI.Translational psychiatry · 2024Trial
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Abstract
A randomized pilot experiment examined the neural substrates of response to cognitive training in participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Participants performed exercises previously demonstrated to improve verbal memory and an active control group performed other computer activities. An auditory-verbal fMRI task was conducted before and after the two-month training program. Verbal memory scores improved significantly and left hippocampal activation increased significantly in the experimental group (gains in 5 of 6 participants) relative to the control group (reductions in all 6 participants). Results suggest that the hippocampus in MCI may retain sufficient neuroplasticity to benefit from cognitive training.
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