Cognitive Intervention

: Cognitive Intervention in Older Adults

 

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The Clinical Neuroscience Lab developed a set of training programs including inhibition, dual-task, task shifting, and updating (Kim, Chey, & Lee, 2017). This Multicomponent Training of Cognitive Control (MTCC) is characterized by task variability and adaptive procedures to maximize training effects in cognitive control and transfer its effects to other cognitive domains. The elderly participants who completed the 8-week (3 days per week) programs showed increases in general cognitive skills including cognitive control. These training effects rely on both structural and functional changes in the brain. Particularly, the increased activation in the right frontoparietal control network were positively associated with improved cognitive function. This finding suggested that the expansion of the frontoparietal network may be the underlying neural mechanism of the effectiveness of the training.

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Figure: The activated areas (Interference-Control) while performing the Multi-Source Interference Task for the training group at pre-training (left) and post-training (right), respectively.

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Relevant Publications

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Kim, H., Chey, J., & Lee, S. (2017). Effects of multicomponent training of cognitive control on cognitive function and brain activation in older adults. Neuroscience Research, 124, 8-15.