Predicting Memory Training Response Patterns: Results From ACTIVE
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: 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.
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G2124800824, ACTIVE Phase III: HRC Field Site, ACTIVE Phase III: JHU Field Site, G304089728, G3094776909, ACTIVE Phase III: IU Field Site, G403767899, G4893843083, ACTIVE Phase III: UAB Field Site, ACTIVE Phase III: PSU Field Site, ACTIVE Phase III: UF/WSU Field Site, G7886015182, ACTIVE Coordinating Center
OpenAlex ID: W2031998365