TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting memory training response patterns
T2 - Results from ACTIVE
AU - Langbaum, Jessica B.S.
AU - Rebok, George W.
AU - Bandeen-Roche, Karen
AU - Carlson, Michelle C.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACTIVE is supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Nursing Research to the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged (U01 NR04507), Indiana University School of Medicine (U01 NR04508), Johns Hopkins University (U01 AG14260), New England Research Institutes (U01 AG14282), Pennsylvania State University (U01 AG14263), University of Alabama at Birmingham (U01 AG14289), and University of Florida (U01 AG014276).
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Previous research suggests that there is a great deal of variability among older adults' response to memory training. Using latent class analysis, we examined data from the memory training arm of the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly Trial (ACTIVE), a large randomized controlled cognitive training trial, to determine if there were distinct patterns of responsiveness to training. Additionally, we examined whether baseline demographic and cognitive factors were predictive of these response patterns. The results indicate that among memory-trained participants, there are 3 distinct response patterns, suggesting that participants gravitate toward specific mnemonic techniques. Furthermore, baseline memory and speed of processing abilities, age, and education are predictive of these distinct response patterns. Taken together, the findings suggest that we can characterize and predict older adults' response to memory training.
AB - Previous research suggests that there is a great deal of variability among older adults' response to memory training. Using latent class analysis, we examined data from the memory training arm of the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly Trial (ACTIVE), a large randomized controlled cognitive training trial, to determine if there were distinct patterns of responsiveness to training. Additionally, we examined whether baseline demographic and cognitive factors were predictive of these response patterns. The results indicate that among memory-trained participants, there are 3 distinct response patterns, suggesting that participants gravitate toward specific mnemonic techniques. Furthermore, baseline memory and speed of processing abilities, age, and education are predictive of these distinct response patterns. Taken together, the findings suggest that we can characterize and predict older adults' response to memory training.
KW - Aging
KW - Cognitive training
KW - Memory
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U2 - 10.1093/geronb/gbn026
DO - 10.1093/geronb/gbn026
M3 - Article
C2 - 19196693
AN - SCOPUS:61549086837
VL - 64
SP - 14
EP - 23
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
SN - 1079-5014
IS - 1
ER -