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Technology and the Aging Brain

Guadalupe Hayes Mota quoted by Today's Geriatric Medicine.

Brain-training apps have become one of the most visible interventions marketed to older adults, but the record regarding results are inconclusive.

“These findings highlight brain-training apps as a promising, evidence-based, and scalable approach to help slow cognitive decline in older adults with MCI,” Hayes-Mota notes. “But the improvements are domain-specific and we don’t yet know how long they last.”

 

Guadalupe Hayes Mota quoted by Today's Geriatric Medicine.

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