Memory training interventions for older adults: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Aging Ment Health on January 01, 2012

Authors

Alden L Gross1, Jeanine M Parisi, Adam P Spira, Alexandra M Kueider, Jean Y Ko, Jane S Saczynski, Quincy M Samus, George W Rebok

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. aldgross@jhsph.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Simultaneous Recumbent Cycling and Cognitive Training | NCT04556227

The Cognitive and spOrt Virtual EPIC Training Study (COVEPIC) | NCT04635462

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