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A Framework for Cognitive Interventions Targeting Everyday Memory Performance and Memory Self-efficacy

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The human brain has the potential for self-renewal through adult neurogenesis, which is the birth of new neurons. Neural plasticity implies that the nervous system can change and grow. This understanding has created new possibilities for cognitive enhancement and rehabilitation. However, as individuals age, they have decreased confidence, or memory self-efficacy, which is directly related to their everyday memory performance. In this article, a developmental account of studies about memory self-efficacy and nonpharmacologic cognitive intervention models is presented and a cognitive intervention model, called the cognitive behavioral model of everyday memory, is proposed.

Source: Family & Community Health

DOI: 10.1097/01.fch.0000342836.20854.fb

Author: Graham J. McDougall

Institutions: National Institute of Nursing Research, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Cognitive Functions and Memory

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Nursing Research