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Cognitive Interventions in Older Persons: Do They Change the Functioning of the Brain?
Joint Authors
van Os, Yindee
de Vugt, Marjolein E.
van Boxtel, Martin
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Cognitive interventions for older persons that may diminish the burden of cognitive problems and could delay conversion to dementia are of great importance.
The underlying mechanisms of such interventions might be psychological compensation and neuronal plasticity.
This review provides an overview of the literature concerning the evidence that cognitive interventions cause brain activation changes, even in damaged neural systems.
Method.
A systematic search of the literature was conducted in several international databases, Medline, Embase, Cinahl, Cochrane, and Psychinfo.
The methodological quality was assessed according to the guidelines of the Dutch Institute for Health Care Improvement (CBO).
Results.
Nineteen relevant articles were included with varied methodological quality.
All studies were conducted in diverse populations from healthy elderly to patients with dementia and show changes in brain activation after intervention.
Conclusions.
The results thus far show that cognitive interventions cause changes in brain activation patterns.
The exact interpretation of these neurobiological changes remains unclear.
More study is needed to understand the extent to which cognitive interventions are effective to delay conversion to dementia.
Future studies should more explicitly try to relate clinically significant improvement to changes in brain activation.
Long-term follow-up data are necessary to evaluate the stability of the effects.
American Psychological Association (APA)
van Os, Yindee& de Vugt, Marjolein E.& van Boxtel, Martin. 2015. Cognitive Interventions in Older Persons: Do They Change the Functioning of the Brain?. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055499
Modern Language Association (MLA)
van Os, Yindee…[et al.]. Cognitive Interventions in Older Persons: Do They Change the Functioning of the Brain?. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055499
American Medical Association (AMA)
van Os, Yindee& de Vugt, Marjolein E.& van Boxtel, Martin. Cognitive Interventions in Older Persons: Do They Change the Functioning of the Brain?. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055499
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1055499