Evidence review: Cognitive training & remediation works, especially in schizophrenia and healthy aging

___ Evidence That Computerized Cognitive Training Works (Psychology Today) “Many people use computerized cognitive training with the hopes of preventing mental decline or improving mental performance. But do these brain training games actually work?  A recent article by Harvey and colleagues, in press in Biological Psychiatry, evaluates the effects of cognitive training in schizophrenia and healthy aging, concluding that computerized cognitive training (CCT) does work… Source: Arash Emamzadeh (Harvey et al 2018; reference 1) Using their now expanded definitions of cognitive training and effectiveness, the authors then review a number of trials and meta-analyses (on people with schizophrenia, and on older adults), and find consistent evidence that cognitive training is indeed effective, and that it also shows far transfer–transfer of learning from the computerized games to real world challenging functional tasks (see 3, in Table 1 above).” The Study: Controversies in Computerized Cognitive Training (Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging). Abstract: Computerized cognitive training (CCT) to improve cognitive functioning is of enormous interest and has been applied in a broad range of populations with goals of improving both cognition and community functioning. Recent reviews presenting negative conclusions about CCT efficacy have inconsistent definitions of the treatment target...
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