Clinical Trial Finds Cognitive Training Software Helps Combat Effects Of Depression In Baby Boomers, Seniors
06/21/07
New findings
on the effects of computer based-training on cognitive function for baby
boomers and seniors suggest that cognitive training offers a positive
impact and should be prescribed for individuals living with depression.
The findings, presented here at The Alzheimer's Association
International Conference on the Prevention of Dementia, are the latest data
from a first-of- its-kind, double-blind clinical trial on the effects of
computer-based training on cognitive function during two years for the
over-50 crowd.
"The results of our clinical trial suggest that cognitive training
should be widely encouraged among depressed patients," said Amos Korczyn,
M.D., trial investigator, as well as chairman of the Department of
Neurology for Tel-Aviv University's Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center,
professor and incumbent of the chair of neurology at Tel-Aviv University's
Sackler School of Medicine and Chief Scientist for NexSig, a company that
develops adaptive diagnostic systems for early detection of neurological
disorders. "Scientists have established that depression is associated with
dementia, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease, as well as with
greater cognitive and functional decline and higher rates of
institutionalization."
In the research, the computer training in MindFit(TM) cognitive skill
assessment and training software, created by CogniFit, Ltd.
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(Author: http://www.cognifit.com)
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