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| ArticleTitle | Dementia of Alzheimer's disease and working memory: Challenges and possibilities of working memory training |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Takako Yoshimura1), Aiko Osawa2), Mariko Osaka3) |
| Affiliation |
1)Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and Disorders, Kyoto University of Advanced Science 2)Rehabilitation Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology 3)Center for Information and Neural Networks |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 38 (3), 175-185, 2022 |
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| Accepted | |
| Abstract | Working memory (WM), which comprises a central executive with three subsystems (phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and episodic buffer), plays an important role in maintaining and activating necessary information under attentional control to achieve a goal. Older adults with dementia of Alzheimer's disease (AD) often show declines in the scores of WM tasks such as the reading span task or the backward digit span test. Though some studies report that WM training can be effective, further multifaceted research is necessary to determine how each training helps to improve WM abilities. This study reviewed possible preventive interventions for older adults' WM declines and identified points to include when executing WM training for older adults with AD. |
| Keywords | working memory, central executive, attentional control, dementia of Alzheimer's disease (AD), working memory training |
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