Neuropsychological assessment of a new computerized cognitive task that developed for training several cognitive functions simultaneously.
Recent studies have indicated that computerized cognitive training is effective as therapy for reducing the cognitive decline with aging and the dysfunction associated with neuropsychiatric illness. Although cognitive trainings that targets a specific function and multi-domain cognitive training hav...
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doaj-d669cfe0a6624397a08997016515a4e22020-11-24T22:29:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-04-01710.3389/fpsyg.2016.00497179344Neuropsychological assessment of a new computerized cognitive task that developed for training several cognitive functions simultaneously.Satoe eIchihara-Takeda0Kazuyoshi eTakeda1Nozomu eIkeda2Kiyoji eMatsuyama3Shintaro eFunahashi4Sapporo Medical UniversityNational Center of Neurology and PsychiatrySapporo Medical UniversitySapporo Medical UniversityKyoto UniversityRecent studies have indicated that computerized cognitive training is effective as therapy for reducing the cognitive decline with aging and the dysfunction associated with neuropsychiatric illness. Although cognitive trainings that targets a specific function and multi-domain cognitive training have both been shown to have significant effects, we need one simple behavioral training paradigm to improve multiple domains of cognitive functions easily and simultaneously. We had developed a new computerized task that seeks to engage the cognitive functions of planning, mental calculation, and divergent thinking based on a working memory task in a single task. The purpose of this study was to assess the cognitive features of our new task by comparing the scores of seven known neuropsychological batteries in healthy elderly subjects. The relationships between performance in our task and the scores obtained by the neuropsychological batteries were examined. The percentage of correct performance on our task was correlated with the scores on the category fluency test, the digit span backward task, and the Trail making test B. Stepwise multiple regression analyses revealed that the scores on the category fluency test and the Trail making test B showed significant positive correlations with the percentage of correct performance on our task. Although the present study did not show high correlations between the percentage of correct performance on our task and working memory functions as a primary target, we did observe mid-level correlations between the percentage of correct performance on our task and functions for divided attention and word fluency. Our new task could not measure subject’s working memory capacity specifically, but could measure the abilities of attention and divergent thinking. Thus, this task might be a useful tool for training multiple cognitive functions simultaneously.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00497/fullHumansworking memoryMultiple functionsDaily activityCognitive training methodneuropsychological test batteries |
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Satoe eIchihara-Takeda Kazuyoshi eTakeda Nozomu eIkeda Kiyoji eMatsuyama Shintaro eFunahashi Neuropsychological assessment of a new computerized cognitive task that developed for training several cognitive functions simultaneously. Frontiers in Psychology Humans working memory Multiple functions Daily activity Cognitive training method neuropsychological test batteries |
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Neuropsychological assessment of a new computerized cognitive task that developed for training several cognitive functions simultaneously. |
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Neuropsychological assessment of a new computerized cognitive task that developed for training several cognitive functions simultaneously. |
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Neuropsychological assessment of a new computerized cognitive task that developed for training several cognitive functions simultaneously. |
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Neuropsychological assessment of a new computerized cognitive task that developed for training several cognitive functions simultaneously. |
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Neuropsychological assessment of a new computerized cognitive task that developed for training several cognitive functions simultaneously. |
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neuropsychological assessment of a new computerized cognitive task that developed for training several cognitive functions simultaneously. |
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Recent studies have indicated that computerized cognitive training is effective as therapy for reducing the cognitive decline with aging and the dysfunction associated with neuropsychiatric illness. Although cognitive trainings that targets a specific function and multi-domain cognitive training have both been shown to have significant effects, we need one simple behavioral training paradigm to improve multiple domains of cognitive functions easily and simultaneously. We had developed a new computerized task that seeks to engage the cognitive functions of planning, mental calculation, and divergent thinking based on a working memory task in a single task. The purpose of this study was to assess the cognitive features of our new task by comparing the scores of seven known neuropsychological batteries in healthy elderly subjects. The relationships between performance in our task and the scores obtained by the neuropsychological batteries were examined. The percentage of correct performance on our task was correlated with the scores on the category fluency test, the digit span backward task, and the Trail making test B. Stepwise multiple regression analyses revealed that the scores on the category fluency test and the Trail making test B showed significant positive correlations with the percentage of correct performance on our task. Although the present study did not show high correlations between the percentage of correct performance on our task and working memory functions as a primary target, we did observe mid-level correlations between the percentage of correct performance on our task and functions for divided attention and word fluency. Our new task could not measure subject’s working memory capacity specifically, but could measure the abilities of attention and divergent thinking. Thus, this task might be a useful tool for training multiple cognitive functions simultaneously. |
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Humans working memory Multiple functions Daily activity Cognitive training method neuropsychological test batteries |
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