FUNCTIONAL SKILLS TRAINING
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS TRAINING
Improvements in Cognitive Performance with Computerized Training in Older People with and without Cognitive Impairment: Synergistic Effects of Skills-Focused and Cognitive-Focused Strategies.
Harvey et al. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (In Press 2021)
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Improvements in Cognitive Performance with Computerized Training in Older People with and without Cognitive Impairment: Synergistic Effects of Skills-Focused and Cognitive-Focused Strategies
SUMMARY
This study addressed the question of whether computerized functional skills training improved cognition in older people with normal cognition or cognitive impairments.
The findings of the study are that computerized functional skills training alone was associated with improvements in four of six cognitive domains assessed in participants with cognitive impairments. Overall, combined computerized cognitive and functional skills training led to greater improvements in all six domains of cognition across the two participant groups. These data suggest that both older people with cognitive impairments and normal cognition show evidence of plasticity in their cognitive functioning and that combining functional skills and cognitive training leads to wide-ranging cognitive improvements.
