ReviewClinical interventions in aging
Use of the Internet as a prevention tool against cognitive decline in normal aging.
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- Digital Engagement and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults in China: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study and Moderated Mediation Model Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Effects of work cessation on cognitive functioning in rural older adults in China: a cross-sectional study based on CHARLS.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Internet and Gambling: Insights from Australia's NBN Rollout.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Digital connectivity and healthy aging in China: how Internet use shapes subjective well-being through social engagement and isolation.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Internet Use and Cognitive Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: 5-Year Longitudinal Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Cognitive functioning and sustained internet use amid the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal evidence from older adults in Switzerland.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- From "online brains" to "online lives": understanding the individualized impacts of Internet use across psychological, cognitive and social dimensions.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2024Article
- Relationship between Internet use and offline leisure activities among Chinese older adult people: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Internet usage and the prospective risk of dementia: A population-based cohort study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Clarity of Emotions and Goals: Exploring Associations with Subjective Well-Being Across Adulthood.Affective science · 2023Article
- The application of technology to improve cognition in older adults: A review and suggestions for future directions.PsyCh journal · 2022Review
- Cognitive decline and poor social relationship in older adults during COVID-19 pandemic: can information and communications technology (ICT) use helps?BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Internet Use and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life: Focus on Asymmetric Effects and Contextual Factors.The Gerontologist · 2022Article
- Technology obsolescence across the adult lifespan in a USA internet sample.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- Internet use in old age predicts smaller cognitive decline only in men.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Elderly's Attitude towards the Selected Types of e-Health.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Contrary to Myth, Older Adults Multitask With Media and Technologies, But Studying Their Multitasking Behaviors Can Be Challenging.Innovation in aging · 2019Article
- Effects of Digital Device Ownership on Cognitive Decline in a Middle-Aged and Elderly Population: Longitudinal Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Observational
- Joint associations of smartphone use and gender on multidimensional cognitive health among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2019Article
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Abstract
Recent demographic trends indicate that older people appear to be one of the fastest growing population groups worldwide. In the year 2000, people older than 65 years represented 12.4% of the population. This number is expected to rise to 19% by 2030, particularly in developed countries. Therefore, there is sustained effort at both national and international levels to prolong the active life of these people as long as possible. Since the present older generation at the age of 55 years is already digitally literate, the use of technologies is one of the solutions. The purpose of this study is to discuss the role of the Internet in the prevention of cognitive decline in normal aging. The author examines clinical studies that exploit the use of the Internet, including online training programs, in the prevention of cognitive decline in healthy older individuals. The findings of the clinical studies indicate that the use of the Internet, especially online cognitive training programs, may have a positive effect on the improvement of cognitive functions in healthy older adults. Nevertheless, larger sample longitudinal randomized controlled clinical trials aimed at the prevention of cognitive decline among healthy older adults are needed.
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