The healthy elderly
Conditions
Interventions
The cognitive intervention group participate in reading aloud and simple calculation intervention in 6 months
The wait listed group does not participate in the intervention.
Sponsors
Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We include participants who will report to be right-handed, native Japanese speakers, not concerned about their own memory functions, not using medications known to interfere with cognitive functions (including benzodiazepines, antidepressants or other central nervous agents), and having no diseases known to affect the central nervous system, including thyroid disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, stroke, severe hypertension or diabetes.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We exclude participants who will have IQ less than 85 derived from JART. Participants who will participate in another cognitive-related training.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Stroop Test (ST) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Verbal fluency task (VFT) Logical Memory (LM) First and Second Names (FS-N) Digit Span Forward (DS-F) Digit span Backward (DS-B) Japanese Reading Test (JART) Digit Cancellation Task (D-CAT) Digit Symbol Coding (Cd) Symbol Search (SS) | — |
Countries
Japan
Outcome results
None listed