Gains in cognition through combined cognitive and physical training: the role of training dosage and severity of neurocognitive disorder

Gains in cognition through combined cognitive and physical training: the role of training dosage and severity of neurocognitive disorder

Physical as well as cognitive training interventions improve specific cognitive functions but effects barely generalize on global cognition. Combined physical and cognitive training may overcome this shortcoming as physical training may facilitate the neuroplastic potential which, in turn, may be gu...

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Main Authors: Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Patrick eFissler, Sokratis G. Papageorgiou, Vasiliki eZilidou, Evdokimos I. Konstantinidis, Antonis S. Billis, Evangelia eRomanopoulou, Maria eKaragianni, Ion eBearatis, Angeliki eTsapanou, Georgia eTsilikopoulou, Eirini eGrigoriadou, Aristea eLadas, Athina eKyrillidou, Anthoula eTsolaki, Christos eFrantzidis, Efstathios eSidiropoulos, Anastasios eSiountas, Stavroula eMatsi, John ePapatriantafyllou, Eleni eMargioti, Aspasia eNika, Winfried eSchlee, Thomas eElbert, Magda eTsolaki, Ana B. Vivas, Iris-Tatjana eKolassa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Aging
Dementia
Mild Cognitive Impairment
cognitive training
physical training
brain fitness
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00152/full

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