Abstract
The efficacy of cognitive training was assessed in persons
with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and persons with normal
cognitive aging. Forty-seven participants were included
in this study: 28 with MCI and 17 controls. Twenty-one participants
received intervention (20 MCI and 9 controls) and
16 participants (8 MCI and 8 controls) received no intervention
(waiting-list group). The intervention focused on teaching
episodic memory strategies. Three tasks of episodic
memory (list recall, face-name association, text memory)
were used as primary outcome measures. Results were analyzed
using analyses of variance. The intervention effect
(pre- and post-intervention difference) was significant on
two of the primary outcome measures (delayed list recall
and face-name association). A significant pre-post-effect
was also found on measures of subjective memory and wellbeing.
There was no improvement in the performance of
groups of individuals with MCI and normal elderly persons