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| Title |
Effects of Video Game Training on Measures of Selective Attention and Working Memory in Older Adults: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, November 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00354 |
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| Authors |
Soledad Ballesteros, Julia Mayas, Antonio Prieto, Eloísa Ruiz-Marquez, Pilar Toril, José M. Reales |
| Abstract |
Video game training with older adults potentially enhances aspects of cognition that decline with aging and could therefore offer a promising training approach. Although, previous published studies suggest that training can produce transfer, many of them have certain shortcomings. This randomized controlled trial (RCT; Clinicaltrials.gov ID: NCT02796508) tried to overcome some of these limitations by incorporating an active control group and the assessment of motivation and expectations. Seventy-five older volunteers were randomly assigned to the experimental group trained for 16 sessions with non-action video games from Lumosity, a commercial platform (http://www.lumosity.com/) or to an active control group trained for the same number of sessions with simulation strategy games. The final sample included 55 older adults (30 in the experimental group and 25 in the active control group). Participants were tested individually before and after training to assess working memory (WM) and selective attention and also reported their perceived improvement, motivation and engagement. The results showed improved performance across the training sessions. The main results were: (1) the experimental group did not show greater improvements in measures of selective attention and working memory than the active control group (the opposite occurred in the oddball task); (2) a marginal training effect was observed for the N-back task, but not for the Stroop task while both groups improved in the Corsi Blocks task. Based on these results, one can conclude that training with non-action games provide modest benefits for untrained tasks. The effect is not specific for that kind of training as a similar effect was observed for strategy video games. Groups did not differ in motivation, engagement or expectations. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 249 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 46 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 41 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 7% |
| Researcher | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 29 | 12% |
| Unknown | 85 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 72 | 29% |
| Neuroscience | 19 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 26 | 10% |
| Unknown | 100 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 25 November 2017.
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#7,226,783
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Outputs from Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
#2,602
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#119,080
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
#43
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Altmetric has tracked 23,007,887 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 68th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,843 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.1. This one is in the 45th percentile – i.e., 45% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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