The effect of sensory-cognitive training on perception, attention and memory in elderly people
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: The effect of sensory-cognitive training on features of perception, attention and memory in elderly and senile people was studing. The experimental group included 16 elderly and senile volunteer subjects (average age 73 ±1.7 years) who did not have a history of significant age-related sensory and neurological problems (survey data). All subjects underwent a course of sensory-cognitive exercises for 4 weeks, as well as psychophysical testing and assessment of psychological health resources before and after the training. A significant improvement in target sensory-cognitive indicators (perception, attention, memory) in the experimental group and the dynamics of a number of individual psychological characteristics (anxiety, hierarchy in the value system, vital durability and cheerfulness) were shown. The results allow us to conclude that the developed course of sensory-cognitive training helps to update both the potential of sensory-cognitive processes and the psychological health resources of older people. This indicates the preventive importance of functional training in the context of reducing the age-related risks of developing dementia and achieving the goals of active aging.
Source: Сенсорные системы
Authors: I. S. Medvedev, S. P. Pak, E. A. Ogorodnikova
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4405312742
