US EditionBrain Training Reduces Dementia Risk by 25%, Study Finds
A 20-year randomized trial found that speed training with boosters reduced dementia risk by 25% in older adults, while memory and reasoning training showed no long-term benefit.
- A computer game that tested the ability to recognize images in faster sequences reduced the risk of dementia by 25% in people over 65.
- Participants had to click on the correct vehicle and location of a Route 66 sign shown briefly among distracting road signs.
- The 25% reduced risk was only for those who had the original training and booster sessions, not those without boosters.
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Can Brain Games Actually Lower Your Dementia Risk? It Could Depend on the Type, New Study Says
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Can Brain Speed Training Delay Dementia? 20-Year Medicare Study Results
(MedPage Today) -- A subset of people who had one of three interventions in the ACTIVE trial had a reduced risk of dementia over a 20-year follow-up period, an analysis of Medicare claims showed. Older adults in the ACTIVE trial were randomized...
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