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Trial reportPsychology and aging2014

Effects of cognitive training with and without aerobic exercise on cognitively demanding everyday activities.

Mark A McDaniel, Ellen F Binder, Julie M Bugg, Emily R Waldum, Carolyn Dufault, Amanda Meyer, Jennifer Johanning, Jie Zheng, Kenneth B Schechtman, Chris Kudelka

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Psychology and aging, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Mark A McDanielDepartment of Psychology, Washington University.
Ellen F BinderDivision of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine.
Julie M BuggDepartment of Psychology, Washington University.
Emily R WaldumDepartment of Psychology, Washington University.
Carolyn DufaultDepartment of Psychology, Washington University.
Amanda MeyerDepartment of Psychology, Washington University.
Jennifer JohanningDivision of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine.
Jie ZhengDivision of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine.
Kenneth B SchechtmanDivision of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine.
Chris KudelkaDepartment of Psychology, Washington University.

Funding

AGING AND DEVELOPMENTT32AG000030 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DENISE HEAD, Jeffrey M Zacks · 1985 to 2026
$9.7M
COMBINING EXERCISE AND COGNITIVE TRAINING TO IMPROVE EVERYDAY FUNCTIONR01AG034581 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BINDER, ELLEN F, MC DANIEL, MARK A · 2009 to 2011
$753k
NIA NIH HHS 5T32AG000030NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034581NIA NIH HHS R01AG034581NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the potential benefits of a novel cognitive-training protocol and an aerobic exercise intervention, both individually and in concert, on older adults' performances in laboratory simulations of select real-world tasks. The cognitive training focused on a range of cognitive processes, including attentional coordination, prospective memory, and retrospective-memory retrieval, processes that are likely involved in many everyday tasks, and that decline with age. Primary outcome measures were 3 laboratory tasks that simulated everyday activities: Cooking Breakfast, Virtual Week, and Memory for Health Information. Two months of cognitive training improved older adults' performance on prospective-memory tasks embedded in Virtual Week. Cognitive training, either alone or in combination with 6 months of aerobic exercise, did not significantly improve Cooking Breakfast or Memory for Health Information. Although gains in aerobic power were comparable with previous reports, aerobic exercise did not produce improvements for the primary outcome measures. Discussion focuses on the possibility that cognitive-training programs that include explicit strategy instruction and varied practice contexts may confer gains to older adults for performance on cognitively challenging everyday tasks.

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Activities of Daily LivingAgedAttentionCognitionCognitive Behavioral TherapyExerciseFemaleHumansMaleMemoryMiddle AgedTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID25244489
PMCPMC4634565

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