The healthy elderly
Conditions
Interventions
Processing speed game intervention using tablet PC(15 minutes, 5 days per a week for 4 weeks)
Semantic knowledge game intervention using tablet PC(15 minutes, 5 days per a week for 4 weeks)
Sponsors
Tohoku Univeristy
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: Person with medical history of the cerebral nerve disease Person with medical history such as high blood pressure, the diabetes Person who is participating in another cognitive-related training
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Raven matrix test, digit span, story memory, Digit Symbol Coding (Cd) , Symbol Search(SS)(4 weeks after) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactRui Nouchi
Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University Smart Aging International Research Center
Outcome results
None listed