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Cognitive Training Enhances Auditory Attention Efficiency in Older Adults

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, October 2017
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Title
Cognitive Training Enhances Auditory Attention Efficiency in Older Adults
Published in
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, October 2017
DOI 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00322
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Authors

Jennifer L. O’Brien, Jennifer J. Lister, Bernadette A. Fausto, Gregory K. Clifton, Jerri D. Edwards

Abstract

Auditory cognitive training (ACT) improves attention in older adults; however, the underlying neurophysiological mechanisms are still unknown. The present study examined the effects of ACT on the P3b event-related potential reflecting attention allocation (amplitude) and speed of processing (latency) during stimulus categorization and the P1-N1-P2 complex reflecting perceptual processing (amplitude and latency). Participants completed an auditory oddball task before and after 10 weeks of ACT (n = 9) or a no contact control period (n = 15). Parietal P3b amplitudes to oddball stimuli decreased at post-test in the trained group as compared to those in the control group, and frontal P3b amplitudes show a similar trend, potentially reflecting more efficient attentional allocation after ACT. No advantages for the ACT group were evident for auditory perceptual processing or speed of processing in this small sample. Our results provide preliminary evidence that ACT may enhance the efficiency of attention allocation, which may account for the positive impact of ACT on the everyday functioning of older adults.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 45 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 18%
Student > Master 6 13%
Researcher 4 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 9%
Other 3 7%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 16 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 10 22%
Psychology 8 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 4%
Sports and Recreations 1 2%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 17 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 November 2017.
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#14,083,124
of 23,005,189 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
#3,121
of 4,840 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#172,235
of 323,110 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
#49
of 94 outputs
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