Maintenance of gains following multifactorial and unifactorial memory training in late adulthood
Anna Stigsdotter Neely
Bok Engelsk 1994
| Utgitt | Stockholm : Karolinska Institutet , 1994(1993)
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| Omfang | 13 s.
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| Utgave | Artikkel i bok
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| Opplysninger | This study compared the effects of a multifactorial memory training program (encoding operations, attentional functions, and rexationwith tthose of a unifactorial program (encoding operations) on memory performance in older adults. A control group received no traning. Results showed that the multifactorial group improved performance following training in free recall of concrete words and maintainedthat improvement six months after completion of training.the unifactorial group showed less improvement six months later. all three groups improved slightly in recall of abstract words across time. Fianlly, none of the groups showed any improvement in digit span and the Benton visual retention test. These patterns of data indicate that multifactorial training may result in larger gains immediatly after training compared with unifactorial training but thet both programs lead to maintenance of improvement. Furthermore, the results suggest that the effects of memory training may be fairly task-specific in nature.
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