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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)

Mind your nose: A randomized controlled trial of olfactory-based memory training for older people with subjective cognitive decline.

Isabelle J M Burke, Courtney Chesser, Christopher P K Brown, Rachel Watkins, Peter Butterworth, Jonas K Olofsson, Kate Laver, Benjamin M Hampstead, Alex Bahar-Fuchs

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors.

Isabelle J M BurkeSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health Deakin University Burwood Victoria Australia.
Courtney ChesserSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health Deakin University Burwood Victoria Australia.
Christopher P K BrownSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health Deakin University Burwood Victoria Australia.
Rachel WatkinsSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health Deakin University Burwood Victoria Australia.
Peter ButterworthSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health Deakin University Burwood Victoria Australia.
Jonas K OlofssonPerception and Psychotropics, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden.
Kate LaverCollege of Medicine & Public Health Flinders University Bedford Park South Australia Australia.
Benjamin M HampsteadResearch Program on Cognition and Neuromodulation Based Interventions, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA.
Alex Bahar-FuchsSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health Deakin University Burwood Victoria Australia.

Funding

Research Program on Cognition and Neuromodulation Based Interventions (RP-CNBI)R35AG072262 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HAMPSTEAD, BENJAMIN MICHAEL · 2021 to 2025
$4.2M
NIA NIH HHS R35 AG072262
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOlfactory-based cognitive training may be of benefit to individuals at risk of dementia given the strong association between olfactory impairment and cognitive decline. The Mind Your Nose (MYN) trial compared an olfactory-based memory training protocol (OMT) to a visually-based memory training protocol (VMT) among older adults with subjective cognitive decline.

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resultsA significant interaction was found between treatment allocation, time, and modality of memory task at T1(β = -37.50, DISCUSSION: Consistent with previous research, transfer gains from the OMT condition to an untrained VM task suggest that olfaction may contribute to a-modal representations of memory. We argue that memory-based olfactory training offers a new frontier for cognitive interventions among those at risk of dementia. Highlights: Relatively few cognitive training programs engage the olfactory sense.Olfactory memory training offers a new frontier of cognitive training for older adults.Olfaction may contribute to improved performance on trained and untrained tasks.The functional impact of olfactory training should be further explored.

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cognitive training, memory training, non‐pharmacological interventionsolder adults, olfaction, olfactory disorders, olfactory training, smell, spatial learning, subjective cognitive decline

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PMID40636802
PMCPMC12238897

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