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Indications: - may benefit patients with mild cognitive impairment [2] Contraindications: - of no benefit to patients with mild-moderate dementia [2] - of no benefit to healthy young adults Notes: - commercial adaptive cognitive training (Lumosity) appears to have no benefits in healthy young adults over those of standard video games for measures of brain activity, choice behavior, or cognitive performance [1] - training beneficial when engagement or persistence rates > 60% or when adherence rates > 80% [3] - greater persistence is needed for benefits in memory, visuospatial ability & reasoning for executive function, attention & language - greater persistence is also needed for elderly with normal cognition for beneficial training effecs vs elderly with cognitive impairment [3]

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Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent & Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study

References

  1. Kable JW, Caulfield MK, Falcone M et al No Effect of Commercial Cognitive Training on Neural Activity During Decision-Making. Journal of Neuroscience 10 July 2017, 2832-16 PMID: 28694338 http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2017/07/10/JNEUROSCI.2832-16.2017
  2. Belleville S, Hudon C, Bier N et al. MEMO+: Efficacy, durability and effect of cognitive training and psychosocial intervention in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. J Am Geriatr Soc 2018 Apr; 66:655. PMID: 29313875 - Kallio EL, Ohman H, Hietanen M et al. Effects of cognitive training on cognition and quality of life of older persons with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 2018 Apr; 66:664 PMID: 29345724
  3. Li Z, He H, Chen Y, et al. Effects of engagement, persistence and adherence on cognitive training outcomes in older adults with and without cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Age Ageing. 2024 Jan 2;53(1):afad247. PMID: 38266127