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Testing for Limits of Cognitive Reserve Capacity: A Promising Strategy for Early Diagnosis of Dementia?
- Source :
- Journal of Gerontology; 5/ 1/1992, Vol. 47 Issue 3, pP165-P167, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 1992
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Abstract
- Examination of the range and limits of cognitive reserve capacity (plasticity) by means of cognitive training is proffered as a promising diagnostic strategy for the early (premorbid) identification of dementia, particularly alzheimer's disease, in nonclinical populations. First data are presented from a sample of elderly independent-living people classified as healthy or at risk (beginning dementia) on the basis of a standardized psychiatric interview. Randomly assigned groups participated in a cognitive training program based onfigural relations, a component of fluid intelligence. Stepwise regression analyses demonstrated that only healthy elderly profited from training and that only post-training scores predicted the psychiatric “at risk” diagnosis. The results hold promise for further development of testing-the-limits of individual differences in cognitive reserve capacity to identify premorbid states of dementia in nonclinical samples [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00221422
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Gerontology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 57655395
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/47.3.p165