Benefits of Training Visuospatial Working Memory in Young-Old and Old-Old

Autor/inn/en	Borella, Erika; Carretti, Barbara; Cantarella, Alessandra; Riboldi, Francesco; Zavagnin, Michela; De Beni, Rossana
Titel	Benefits of Training Visuospatial Working Memory in Young-Old and Old-Old
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 3, S.714-727 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0034293
Schlagwörter	Visual Perception; Spatial Ability; Short Term Memory; Transfer of Training; Young Adults; Older Adults; Task Analysis; Verbal Communication; Educational Benefits; Cognitive Processes; Thinking Skills; Maintenance; Control Groups; Foreign Countries; Classification; Word Frequency; Statistical Analysis; Italy; Digit Span Test; Cattell Culture Fair Intelligence Test; Stroop Color Word Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Älterer Erwachsener; Aufgabenanalyse; Bildungsertrag; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Denkfähigkeit; Ausland; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Statistische Analyse; Italien
Abstract	The purpose of the present study was to test the efficacy of a visuospatial working memory (WM) training in terms of its transfer effects and maintenance effects, in the young-old and old-old. Forty young-old and 40 old-old adults took part in the study. Twenty participants in each age group received training with a visuospatial WM task, whereas the others served as active controls and completed alternative activities. Training benefits were examined, considering (a) the specific training-related gains in a visuospatial WM task (criterion); and (b) the transfer effects on measures of verbal WM, visuospatial short-term memory, inhibition, processing speed, and reasoning. Maintenance of training benefits was also assessed after 8 months. Results showed that the trained groups (both young-old and old-old), but not the control groups, performed better in the WM measures and preserved these gains after 8 months. Some transfer effects were found, but only in the young-old-trained participants, and they were not maintained at the follow-up. These results are discussed in terms of the efficacy of WM training for older adults when a visuospatial modality is used. (As Provided).
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