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Effects of multicomponent attention training in a nonrandomized controlled trial of healthy adults

English (英語)

Bulletin of health sciences Kobe

38

3-16

Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University

2023

Cognitive training for healthy adults has a positive effect on maintaining or improving cognitive function; however, the cognitive domains best suited for intervention are still unclear. In this nonrandomized controlled trial, we examined changes in cognitive function due to multicomponent attention training for healthy adults. Nineteen healthy older adults and 20 younger adults participated in this study and were allocated to training and control groups for each age range. The training group received ten sessions of multicomponent attention training within two weeks. All subjects underwent neuropsychological tests initially and after two weeks. Both older and younger adults in the training group improved on their Symbol Digit Modalities Test results, and the improvement was larger in the younger than older adults. These results suggest that multicomponent attention training is helpful for improving cognitive function in both older and younger healthy adults.

Neuropsychological test

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