Reading aloud and solving simple arithmetic calculation intervention (Learning therapy) improves inhibition, verbal episodic memory, focus attention, and processing speed in healthy elderly people: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

Reading aloud and solving simple arithmetic calculation intervention (Learning therapy) improves inhibition, verbal episodic memory, focus attention, and processing speed in healthy elderly people: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

BackgroundPrevious reports have described that simple cognitive training using reading aloud and solving simple arithmetic calculations, so-called learning therapy, can improve executive functions and processing speed in the older adults. Nevertheless, it is not well-known whether learning therapy...

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Main Authors: Rui eNouchi, Yasuyuki eTaki, Hikaru eTakeuchi, Takayuki eNozawa, Atsushi eSekiguchi, Ryuta eKawashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
cognitive training
reading aloud
Learning therapy
Simple calculation
transfer effeect
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00217/full

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