Testing for Limits of Cognitive Reserve Capacity: A Promising Strategy for Early Diagnosis of Dementia?
| Autor: | M M, Baltes, K P, Kühl, D, Sowarka |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Aging Intelligence law.invention Cognition Randomized controlled trial Predictive Value of Tests Risk Factors law mental disorders medicine Humans Dementia Psychological testing Aged Cognitive reserve Aged 80 and over Psychological Tests Middle Aged medicine.disease Cognitive training Female Psychiatric interview Psychology Independent living Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Gerontology. 47:P165-P167 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1422 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/geronj/47.3.p165 |
| Popis: | Examination of the range and limits of cognitive reserve capacity (plasticity) by means of cognitive training is proffered as a promising diagnostic strategy for the early (premorbid) identification of dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease, in nonclinical populations. First data are presented from a sample of elderly independent-living people classified as healthy or at risk (beginning dementia) on the basis of a standardized psychiatric interview. Randomly assigned groups participated in a cognitive training program based on figural relations, a component of fluid intelligence. Stepwise regression analyses demonstrated that only healthy elderly profited from training and that only post-training scores predicted the psychiatric "at risk" diagnosis. The results hold promise for further development of testing-the-limits of individual differences in cognitive reserve capacity to identify premorbid states of dementia in nonclinical samples. |
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