論文

査読有り
2016年4月

Neuropsychological Assessment of a New Computerized Cognitive Task that Was Developed to Train Several Cognitive Functions Simultaneously

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
  • Satoe Ichihara-Takeda
  • ,
  • Kazuyoshi Takeda
  • ,
  • Nozomu Ikeda
  • ,
  • Kiyoji Matsuyama
  • ,
  • Shintaro Funahashi

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開始ページ
497
終了ページ
503
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00497
出版者・発行元
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA

Recent studies have indicated that computerized cognitive training is effective as therapy for reducing the cognitive decline with aging and the dysfunction associated with neuropsychiatric illness. Although cognitive trainings that targets a specific function and multi domain cognitive training have both been shown to have significant effects, we need one simple behavioral training paradigm to improve multiple domains of cognitive functions easily and simultaneously. We had developed a new computerized task that seeks to engage the cognitive functions of planning, mental calculation, and divergent thinking based on a working memory task in a single task. The purpose of this study was to assess the cognitive features of our new task by comparing the scores of seven known neuropsychological batteries in healthy elderly subjects. The relationships between performance in our task and the scores obtained by the neuropsychological batteries were examined. The percentage of correct performance on our task was correlated with the scores on the category fluency test, the digit span backward task, and the Trail making test B. Stepwise multiple regression analyses revealed that the scores on the category fluency test and the Trail making test B showed significant positive correlations with the percentage of correct performance on our task. Although the present study did not show high correlations between the percentage of correct performance on our task and working memory functions as a primary target, we observed mid level correlations between the percentage of correct performance on our task and functions for divided attention and word fluency. Our new task requires not only working memory, but also attention and divergent thinking. Thus, this task might be a useful tool for training multiple cognitive functions simultaneously.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00497
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000373876300001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00497
  • ISSN : 1664-1078
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000373876300001

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