@article{78918ba051574280aecd6d9dba11e4b0,
title = "The Influence of Cognitive Training on Older Adults– Recall for Short Stories",
abstract = "Objective: This article investigated how a multicomponent memory intervention affected memory for prose. We compared verbatim and paraphrased recall for short stories immediately and 1, 2, 3, and 5 years post-intervention in the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) sample. Method: We studied 1,912 ACTIVE participants aged 65 to 91. Participants were randomized into one of three training arms (Memory, Reasoning, Speed of Processing) or a no-contact Control group; about half of the trained participants received additional booster training 1 and 3 years post-intervention. Results: Memory-trained participants showed higher verbatim recall than non-memory-trained participants. Booster-memory training led to higher verbatim recall. Memory training effects were evident immediately following training and not after 1 year following training. Discussion: Results suggest that multifactorial memory training can improve verbatim recall for prose, but the effect does not last without continued intervention.",
keywords = "aged, intervention studies, longitudinal studies, memory, prose recall, short-term",
author = "Sisco, {Shannon M.} and Michael Marsiske and Gross, {Alden L.} and Rebok, {George W.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Dr. Rebok is an investigator with Compact Disc Incorporated for the development of an electronic version of the ACTIVE memory intervention. Dr. Marsiske has received support from Posit Science in the form of site licenses for the Insight program (derived from the ACTIVE Useful Field of View training) for a different research project. Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging (S.S., AG034002). The Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) Cognitive Training Trial was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health to six field sites and the coordinating center, including Hebrew Senior-Life, Boston (NR04507), the Indiana University School of Medicine (NR04508), the Johns Hopkins University (AG14260), the New England Research Institutes (AG14282), the Pennsylvania State University (AG14263), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (AG14289), and the University of Florida (AG014276).",
year = "2013",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1177/0898264313501386",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "25",
pages = "230S--248S",
journal = "Journal of Aging and Health",
issn = "0898-2643",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
}