2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Longitudinal effects of a cognitive activity program on cognitive function in older adults
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21500269
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology |
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Principal Investigator |
SAKUMA Naoko 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究員 (70152163)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
FUJIWARA Yoshinori 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究部長 (50332367)
ISHII Kenji 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究部長 (10231135)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 認知心理学 / 認知加齢 / 認知的介入 / 健常高齢者 / 縦断研究 / 世代間交流 |
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| Research Abstract |
We launched a cognitive activity program in which elderly volunteers engaged in reading picture books to children. Seventy-five volunteers and 104 participants in a control group, living in 3 urban locations, participated in a baseline health checkup and annual follow-up health checkups across 5-year period. We compared baseline and the 5-year follow-up assessments of memory, language, intelligence and psychomotor speed. Elderly volunteers showed higher performance than controls on verbal fluency tasks assessing language and executive functions at the follow-up. The results showed that this cognitive activity program have the potential to enhance cognitive function of older adults.
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